Arequipa metropolitan area

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Arequipa Metropolitan Area
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Arequipa
Province Arequipa Province
Population
 (2007 Census)
 • Total 1,034,736 (2,017)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)

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 second most populous metropolitan area of Peru in year 2017.

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Population

Map of Arequipa metropolitan area Arequipa Metropolitana por distritos CMC.png
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 districtsArea
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]
Alto Selva Alegre 6.9818,6381,13510,414.92,500572,69682,412
Arequipa 12.8017,0626994,811.82,335061,59154,905
Cayma **246.3120,2671,227303.62,403274,77691,802
Cerro Colorado 174.935,8051,978647.12,4064113,171148,164
Characato 86.03,2869678.22.480106,7269,288
Jacobo Hunter 20.3710,5437242,262.72,268746,09248,326
José Bustamante 10.8318,8061,0707,055.42,310276,41076,711
Mariano Melgar 29.8312,8438721,748.02,385352,14452,667
Miraflores 28.6813,1337421,767.92,430150,70448,677
Mollebaya 36.65882538.52,48371,4101,868
Paucarpata 31.729,3511,9825061.42,4053160,446124,755
Quequeña 34.93--34.92,536-1,2191,376
Sabandía 5371,178566.92,22083,6994,136
Sachaca 36.634,806273478.82,390417,53719,581
Socabaya 18.6416,0698533,201.22,300359,67178,135
Tiabaya 31.623,761247464.22,178814,67714,768
Uchumayo 22.143,280175482.01,9501610,67212,436
Yanahuara 2.26,62621710,404.52,390322,89025,483
Yura 1,942.96,1792738.12,5902816,02025,367
Total3,311.1218,93812,644260.52,3350822,479 [1] 920,857
*Census 2007 - INEI

2017 Census

Metropolitan districtsSurface
km² 		Altitude
msnm 		Distance to the
Historical Center (km) [3] 		Población 2017 [5]
Arequipa 12,82335055 437
Alto Selva Alegre 6,982500585 870
Cayma 246,312403291 935
Cerro Colorado 174,924064197 954
Characato 86,024801012 949
Chiguata 460,812946302939
Jacobo Hunter 20,372268750 164
José Bustamante 10,832310281 829
Mariano Melgar 29,832385359 918
Miraflores 28,682430160 589
Mollebaya 36,6248374756
Paucarpata 31,724053131 346
Quequeña 34,932536-4784
Sabandía 537222084368
Sachaca 36,632390424 225
Socabaya 18,642300375 351
Tiabaya 31,622178816 191
Uchumayo 22,1419501614 054
Yanahuara 2,22390325 417
Yarabamba 492,22474-1314
Yura 1942,925902833 346
Total4264,07--1 034 736
Datos del XII Censo de Población, VII de Vivienda y III de Comunidades Indígenas 2017 [5]

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
Arequipa metropolitan area
Sources:
Population 1940, 1961, 1972, 1981, [6] 1993,2007 [1] Population 2015 [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Plan de Desarrollo Metropolitano de Arequipa 2012-2022 (Pag. 34)".
  2. ↑ INEI, ed. (2011). "(spanish)INEI:Arequipa Compendio estadístico 2011 - Arequipa Metropolitana, Población censada y estimada, Según Distritos (page 77)" . Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática Distancia y tiempo que hay de la capital distrital a la capital provincial
  4. 1 2 "Perú:Estimaciones y proyecciones de Población Por sexo según Departamento, Provincia y Distrito 2012-2015 - INEI".
  5. 1 2 "Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017". INEI. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. ↑ Municipalidad de Arequipa. "Plan Director de Arequipa Metropolitana 2002-2015" (in Spanish).

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