Arequipa metropolitan area

Arequipa Metropolitan Area
Country  Peru
Region Arequipa
Province Arequipa Province
Population (2007 Census)
  Total 822.479(year 2,007)
998.047(year 2,015)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)

The Arequipa Metropolitan Area is the name used to refer to the metropolitan area whose principal city is Arequipa, according to Metropolitan Development Plan of Arequipa[1] According to population statistics of INEI It is the third most populous metropolitan area of Peru in year 2015.

Population

Map of Arequipa metropolitan area

According to INEI the population of Arequipa metropolitan in the year 2007 was of 899.291 people[2] and according to Metropolitan Development Plan of Arequipa for year 2007 this had 822.479 people distributed in its metropolitan districts. According to the census 2007 and estimated population of INEI In the table is shown the population of Arequipa Metropolitan by districts:

Metropolitan districts Area
km²
Dwelling
(Census 2007)
Population minor to 1 year
Density
(pop./km²)*
Elevation media
msl*
Distance
to Arequipa (km)[3]
Population
Census 2007*
Estimated
Population 2015[4]
Arequipa 12,8 17.062 699 4811,8 2.335 0 61.591 54.905
Alto Selva 6,98 18.638 1.135 10.432,4 2.500 5 72.696 82.412
Cayma ** 246,31 20.267 1.227 308,2 2.403 2 74.776 91.802
Cerro Colorado 174,9 35.805 1.978 611,2 2.406 4 113.171 148.164
Characato 86,0 3.286 96 61,5 2.480 10 6.726 9.288
Jacobo Hunter 20,37 10.543 724 2.268,8 2.268 7 46.092 48.326
José Bustamante 10,83 18.806 1.070 70.042,5 2.310 2 76.410 76.711
Mariano Melgar 29,83 12.843 872 1.786,9 2.385 3 52.144 52.667
Miraflores 28,68 13.133 742 1.817,1 2.430 1 50.704 48.677
Paucarpata 31,7 29.351 1.982 4.031,4 2.405 3 160.446 124.755
Sabandía 537 1.178 56 30 2.220 8 3.699 4.136
Sachaca 36,63 4.806 273 100,5 2.390 4 17.537 19.581
Socabaya 18,64 16.069 853 3.247,5 2.300 3 59.671 78.135
Tiabaya 31,62 3.761 247 475,7 2.178 8 14.677 14.768
Uchumayo 22,14 3.280 175 45,1 1.950 16 10.672 12.436
Yanahuara 2,2 6.626 217 9.100,5 2.390 3 22.890 25.483
Yura 1.942,9 6.179 273 8,1 2.590 28 16.020 25.367
Mollebaya 36,6 588 25 26,7 2.483 7 1.410 1.868
Quequeña - - - - - - 1.210 1.376
Total - - - - - - 822.479[1] 1,160.847
*Census 2007 - INEI

Graphics of evolution of the population

In the following Graphics the evolution of the population of Arequipa metropolitan area.

evolution of the population of Arequipa metropolitan area
Sources:
Population 1940, 1961, 1972, 1981,[5] 1993,2007[1] Population 2015[4]

See also

References

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