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 |
Amazonas Amazonas | 1. | 443,025 | Chachapoyas Chachapoyas | 32,026 |
Ancash Ancash | 2. | 1,039,415 | Huaraz Huaraz | 118,836 |
Apurimac Región de Apurímac | 3. | 418,882 | Abancay Abancay | 72,277 |
Arequipa Arequipa | 4. | 1,218,168 | Arequipa Arequipa | 1,008,290 |
Ayacucho Ayacucho | 5. | 619,522 | Ayacucho Ayacucho | 140,033 |
Cajamarca Cajamarca | 6. | 1,359,023 | Cajamarca Cajamarca | 201,329 |
Callao Callao | 7. | 839,271 | Callao Callao | 1,300,000 |
Cusco Cusco | 8. | 1,171,503 | Cusco Cusco | 428,450 |
Huancavelica Huancavelica | 9. | 454,797 | Huancavelica Huancavelica | 49,570 |
Huanuco Región de Huánuco | 10. | 730,871 | Huanuco Huánuco | 196,627 |
Ica Ica | 11. | 709,556 | Ica Ica | 282,407 |
Junin Junín | 12. | 1,274,781 | Huancayo Huancayo | 456,250 |
La Libertad La Libertad | 13. | 1,617,050 | Trujillo Trujillo | 919,899 |
Lambayeque Lambayeque | 14. | 1,091,535 | Chiclayo Chiclayo | 552,508 |
Lima Provincia de Lima | 15. | 7,605,742 | Lima Lima | 7,737,002 |
Lima region Lima | 16. | 8,481,415 | Huacho Huacho | 54,545 |
Loreto Loreto | 17. | 883,510 | Iquitos Iquitos | 377,609 |
Madre de Dios Madre de Dios | 18. | 109,555 | Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado | 85,024 |
Moquegua Departamento de Moquegua | 19. | 163,757 | Moquegua Moquegua | 69,882 |
Pasco Pasco | 20. | 277,475 | Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco | 58,899 |
Piura Piura | 21. | 1,630,772 | Piura Piura | 484,475 |
Puno Puno | 22. | 1,364,362 | Puno Puno | 128,637 |
San Martin Región de San Martín | 23. | 778,545 | Moyobamba Moyobamba | 50,073 |
Tacna Tacna | 24. | 274,496 | Tacna Tacna | 286,240 |
Tumbes Tumbes | 25. | 191,713 | Tumbes Tumbes | 96,946 |
Ucayali Ucayali | 26. | 432,195 | Pucallpa Pucallpa | 326,040 |