Regions in Peru
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You can sort the regions in Peru alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Peru
There are 26 regions in Peru in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Lima region Lima | 1. | 8,481,415 | Huacho Huacho | 54,545 |
Lima Provincia de Lima | 2. | 7,605,742 | Lima Lima | 7,737,002 |
Piura Piura | 3. | 1,630,772 | Piura Piura | 484,475 |
La Libertad La Libertad | 4. | 1,617,050 | Trujillo Trujillo | 919,899 |
Puno Puno | 5. | 1,364,362 | Puno Puno | 128,637 |
Cajamarca Cajamarca | 6. | 1,359,023 | Cajamarca Cajamarca | 201,329 |
Junin Junín | 7. | 1,274,781 | Huancayo Huancayo | 456,250 |
Arequipa Arequipa | 8. | 1,218,168 | Arequipa Arequipa | 1,008,290 |
Cusco Cusco | 9. | 1,171,503 | Cusco Cusco | 428,450 |
Lambayeque Lambayeque | 10. | 1,091,535 | Chiclayo Chiclayo | 552,508 |
Ancash Ancash | 11. | 1,039,415 | Huaraz Huaraz | 118,836 |
Loreto Loreto | 12. | 883,510 | Iquitos Iquitos | 377,609 |
Callao Callao | 13. | 839,271 | Callao Callao | 1,300,000 |
San Martin Región de San Martín | 14. | 778,545 | Moyobamba Moyobamba | 50,073 |
Huanuco Región de Huánuco | 15. | 730,871 | Huanuco Huánuco | 196,627 |
Ica Ica | 16. | 709,556 | Ica Ica | 282,407 |
Ayacucho Ayacucho | 17. | 619,522 | Ayacucho Ayacucho | 140,033 |
Huancavelica Huancavelica | 18. | 454,797 | Huancavelica Huancavelica | 49,570 |
Amazonas Amazonas | 19. | 443,025 | Chachapoyas Chachapoyas | 32,026 |
Ucayali Ucayali | 20. | 432,195 | Pucallpa Pucallpa | 326,040 |
Apurimac Región de Apurímac | 21. | 418,882 | Abancay Abancay | 72,277 |
Pasco Pasco | 22. | 277,475 | Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco | 58,899 |
Tacna Tacna | 23. | 274,496 | Tacna Tacna | 286,240 |
Tumbes Tumbes | 24. | 191,713 | Tumbes Tumbes | 96,946 |
Moquegua Departamento de Moquegua | 25. | 163,757 | Moquegua Moquegua | 69,882 |
Madre de Dios Madre de Dios | 26. | 109,555 | Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado | 85,024 |