List of metropolitan areas of Peru
The following is a list of the most populous Peruvian metropolitan areas with over 300,000 inhabitants. Note that the populations of metropolitan areas are not city populations but rather a combination of a main large city and many other smaller satellite cities.

List of metropolitan areas of Peru

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of the most populous Peruvian metropolitan areas with over 300,000 inhabitants. Note that the populations of metropolitan areas are not city populations but rather a combination of a main large city and many other smaller satellite cities.

Metropolitan areas of Peru

Rank	Image	Coat of arms	Metropolitan area	Region	1993 population	2007 population	2017 population

1	-	-	Lima Metropolitana Area	Lima	6,321,173	8,472,935	9,569,468

2	-	Arequipa	Arequipa metropolitan area	Arequipa	640,275	822,479	1,034,736

3	-	-	Trujillo metropolitan area	La Libertad	589,314	804,296	962,369

4	-	Escudo de Chiclayo.PNG	Chiclayo metropolitan area	Lambayeque	550,179	697,861	810,783

5	Piura Piura	Escudo Piura.JPG	Piura metropolitan area	Piura	450,363	517,293

6	Iquitos Iquitos	Escudo Loreto.JPG	Iquitos metropolitan area	Loreto	471,993

7	Cusco The mountain Huayna Picchu overlooks the ruins of Machu Picchu	Cusco metropolitan area	Cusco	434,654

8	chimbote Chimbote	-	Chimbote metropolitan area	Ancash	381,742

9	-	-	Huancayo metropolitan area	Junin	364,010

Sources: Law of Territorial Demarcation 1993 population: Lima metropolitan area, Trujillo metropolitan area, Arequipa metropolitan area - 1993 census (INEI) 2007 population: Lima metropolitan area, Trujillo metropolitan area, Arequipa metropolitan area, Chiclayo metropolitan area - Censo 2007 (INEI) Estimated 2015 population (INEI)

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Iquitos is the sixth most populous metropolitan area of Peru.

final_sentence: Iquitos is the sixth most populous metropolitan area of Peru.