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.
Metropolitan districts
According to studies of municipality of Maynas Iquitos metropolitan area consist in four districts: Iquitos, Belén, Punchana and San Juan Bautista. The estimated population of INEI for the metropolitan districts in year 2015 is shown in the following table.
MetropolitanDistricts Areakm² Houses(2007) Density(pop./km²)* Elevation mediamsl* Distanceto Iquitos (km) PopulationCensus 2007 Population2015 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* 75.685Punchana. 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* 154.696Total 5.681,39 km2 85.676 71,52 — — 406.340* 471.993 Sources:Census 2007, Estimated Population 2015
See also Maynas Province List of metropolitan areas of Peru Peru
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