Iquitos metropolitan area

The Iquitos Metropolitan Area is the name used to refer to the Peruvian metropolitan area whose principal city is Iquitos, according to Municipality of Iquitos. According to population statistics of INEI It is the sixth most populous metropolitan area of Peru in year 2015.

Iquitos metropolitan area
Iquitos by NASA
CountryPeru
RegionLoreto
ProvinceMaynas
Largest cityIquitos
Population
 (2007 Census)
 • Total406.340(year 2,007)
471.993(year 2,015)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)

Metropolitan districts edit

According to studies of municipality of Maynas Iquitos metropolitan area consist in four districts: Iquitos, Belén, Punchana and San Juan Bautista.[1] The estimated population of INEI for the metropolitan districts in year 2015 is shown in the following table.

Metropolitan
Districts
Area
km²
Houses
(2007)
Density
(pop./km²)*
Elevation media
msl*
Distance
to Iquitos (km)
Population
Census 2007
Population
2015[2]
Iquitos. 358,15 32.853 444,01 106 m.s.n.m. 0 km 159.023* 150.484
Belén. 632,8 13.581 108,73 110 m.s.n.m. 68.806* 75.685
Punchana. 1.573,39 15.261 48,58 105 m.s.n.m. 76.435* 91.128
San Juan Bautista. 3.117,05 23.981 32,75 138 m.s.n.m. 102.076* 154.696
Total 5.681,39 km2 85.676 71,52 406.340* 471.993
Sources:Census 2007,[3] Estimated Population 2015[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Maynas Municipality (ed.). "Ubicación Geográfica".
  2. ^ a b "Perú:Estimaciones y proyecciones de Población Por sexo según Departamento, Provincia y Distrito 2012–2015 – INEI".
  3. ^ "Censos Nacionales 2007 de Población y Vivienda". 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013.

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