Dziko la Peru lili ndi anthu oposa 29 miliyoni, ambiri omwe amakhala m'matawuni. Malingana ndi chiwerengero cha 2007, 75.9 peresenti ya anthu ndi urbanized, ndipo anthu amodzi yekha ndi theka la anthu akukhala m'midzi ya Peru. Mizinda ikuluikulu ya ku Peru nthawi zambiri imakhala ngati maofesi olamulira komanso amalonda, kukopa anthu ogwira ntchito kumidzi omwe amadzakhala m'mizinda.
Pali zambiri zoti mudziwe za mizinda ikuluikulu ya Peru, kuphatikizapo mizinda yambiri komanso ziwonetsero za anthu okhala kumeneko. Ambiri mwa mizinda ikuluikulu ya Peru ndi mitu yayikulu ya madera awo. Mndandanda wa mizinda yayikulu ya Peruvia ikulamulidwa malinga ndi chiwerengero cha anthu. Chiŵerengero cha chiŵerengero cha anthu chiwerengero chawerengero cha 2007.
01 pa 11
Lima (ndi Callao)
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 8,472,935; Chigawo: Lima ndi Province Constitutional of Callao
Francisco Pizarro anakhazikitsa Lima mu 1535 kuti akhale malo atsopano ndi mphamvu kwa ogonjetsa a ku Spain. Masiku ano, dziko lalikulu la Peru likulamulira dzikoli. Palibe mzinda wina wa Peru womwe sukhalitsa anthu milioni imodzi, pamene Lima akupitiriza kukankhira kupitirira mamiliyoni asanu ndi atatu. Poganizira kuti anthu onse a Peru ali pafupifupi 29 miliyoni, mphamvu ya Lima m'dziko lonse ndi yosatsutsika komanso yosatsutsika. Dziko la Peru likulu kwambiri padziko lonse, pandale komanso pandale.
Callao ndi mzinda ndi chigawo chokha, koma Lima wadutsa mzindawo. Callao tsopano ndi mbali ya lalikulu Lima Metropolitan Area.
02 pa 11
Arequipa
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 749,291; Chigawo: Arequipa
Arequipa ndi mzinda wachiwiri waukulu ku Peru. Poyambira mwakhazikitsidwa mu 1540, "White City" imakhala ndi chithunzithunzi chochuluka cha chikhalidwe chawo (malo osaiwalika ndi amodzi mwa malo 11 a UNESCO World Heritage Sites ku Peru) pamene akuzunguliridwa ndi zochitika zodabwitsa za malo. Kufupi ndi kum'mwera kwa Peru, Arequipa amakhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja za Andes pafupifupi mamita 2,335 pamwamba pa nyanja. Mphepo ya El Misti yogwira ntchito ikuyandikira patali, pamene mitengo yambiri yapafupi monga Colca ndi Cotahuasi ndizo zapakati pa dziko lapansi.
03 a 11
Trujillo
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 682,834; Chigawo: La Libertad
Trujillo ndi malo olemera azachuma pamphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto kwa Peru . Mgonjetsi Diego de Almagro anakhazikitsa mzindawu mu 1535 m'dera lomwe kale anthu ankakhalako. Trujillo yamakono ili ndi malo osungirako zachilengedwe omwe ali ndi mapiri ambiri omwe asanakhalepo ku Columbani m'madera ozungulira, omwe ndi otchuka kwambiri ndi Chan Chan ndi Huacas del Sol y de la Luna (Zithunzi za Sun ndi Moon). Trujillo ndi mzinda wofunika kwambiri, makamaka wodziwika bwino ndi marinera akuvina, mahatchi a Paso a Peru , komanso zakudya zabwino za m'deralo.
04 pa 11
Chiclayo
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 524,442; Chigawo: Lambayeque
Maola ochepa kumpoto kwa Trujillo akukhala mumzinda wa Chiclayo, mzinda wachiwiri waukulu ku Northern Peru. Chilumba cha Chiclayo chinayamba kuchepa chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa chiwerengero cha anthu koma chinawonjezeka kwambiri m'mizinda ya m'ma 1800. Poyandikana ndi gombe, ndipo kenako patali pa Pan-American Highway, potsirizira pake anasandutsa Chiclayo kukhala malo ogulitsa ku Trujillo. Mzindawu ndi njira yopita ku midzi ndi midzi yomwe ili mkatikati mwa Northern Peru, ndipo ili ndi msewu waukulu wopita kum'mawa kuchokera ku Chiclayo mpaka ku Tarapoto ku nkhalango yaikulu. Monga mzinda waukulu ku Lambayeque, Chiclayo ndi malo odziwika kwambiri kuti afufuze malo omwe amapezeka m'mabwinja a mzindawo (makamaka malo a Sipán) ndi malo osungirako zinthu zakale kwambiri.
05 a 11
Piura
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 377,496; Chigawo: Piura
Piura ndi imodzi mwa malo akale kwambiri omwe amapezeka ku South America, atakhazikitsidwa ndi Francisco Pizarro m'chaka cha 1532. Mzinda wa "Ciudad del Eterno Calor" ("City of Eternal Heat") uli pamwamba, ndipo nthawi zambiri zoopsa, kutentha chaka chonse. Mzindawu ndiimayi yofunikira panjira yopita kumalire a pafupi ndi Ecuador, koma oyendayenda samakhala nthawi yayitali (akusankha tauni ya ku Máncora). Mzindawu uli ndi zitsanzo zabwino zambiri za zomangamanga ndipo mlengalenga akulandira ngati mungathe kutentha.
06 pa 11
Iquitos
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 370,962; Chigawo: Loreto
Iquitos ndi chinthu cholakwika. Ulendowu ukuyenda pakatikati ndi kumpoto kwa rainforest ya Peruvian, ndi mzinda waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse womwe sungathe kuwomboledwa ndi msewu. Iquitos inakula mofulumira pa kupuma kwa rabara kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800 mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900. Mzindawu udakali chidole chofunika kwambiri pa mtsinje wa Amazon , ndi mafakitale monga matabwa ndi mafuta m'malo mwa kuthamanga kwa raba. Ulendo ndilo gawo lalikulu lachuma; pali mabungwe ambiri omwe amapereka maulendo oyendayenda ndi malo ogona. Kuchokera ku Iquitos, mukhoza kukwera ngalawa ndikupita ku Amazon kupita ku gombe la Brazil.
07 pa 11
Cusco
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 348,935; Chigawo: Cusco
Cusco, mzinda wakale wa Inca Empire, tsopano ndi likulu la dziko la Peru. Mzinda weniweniwo ndi malo a UNESCO World Heritage, pamene Machu Picchu ndi Sacred Valley zimakopa alendo ambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Dera lonse la Cusco ndilo chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe cha Andean, ndipo chigawo chachikuluchi chili ndi zikondwerero ndi zochitika zambiri.
08 pa 11
Chimbote
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 334,568; Chigawo: Ancash
Malo omwe ali pamphepete mwa nyanja pakati pa Lima ndi Trujillo, Chimbote amanyalanyaza kwambiri ndi alendo. Komabe, posakhalitsa pa zokopa, sizimapangitsa mzinda uno kukhala wosafunika kwenikweni. M'zaka za m'ma 1830, Chimbote anali mudzi wawung'ono wosodza ndi anthu osakwana 1,000. Pambuyo pa chitukuko chofulumira ndi kukula m'zaka za m'ma 1960 ndi 1970, chimbote chinakhala chomwe chiri chotchire chachikulu kwambiri pa nsomba ku Peru.
09 pa 11
Huancayo
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 323,054; Chigawo: Junin
Huancayo ndi mzinda waukulu wa Peru ku Central Andes, malonda ndi chikhalidwe. Zikondwerero zapamwamba zimachitika chaka chonse, pamene misika ya mzindawo ndi imodzi mwa zokondweretsa komanso zachikhalidwe ku Peru. Zivomezi zaononga nyumba zambiri za Huancayo za zaka zambiri, koma mzindawo uli ndi khalidwe. Siwo malo oyendera alendo (ngakhale alendo ambiri amaima panjira kuchokera ku Lima kupita ku Cusco ), koma ndi mzinda wopindulitsa ngati muli ndi nthawi yofufuzira.
10 pa 11
Tacna
Chiwerengero cha anthu: 242,451; Chigawo: Tacna
Tacna akukhala kum'mwera kwa dziko la Peru, makilomita pafupifupi 23 kumpoto kwa Chile. Mzindawu uli ndi ntchito yamalonda yowonjezereka, ndi malonda osatha omwe akuyenda pakati pa Tacna ndi Arica omwe akufanana, Arica. Okaona alendo samangoyendayenda ku Tacna chifukwa cha kusowa kwa zokopa. Ntchito yake yaikulu kwa alendo akunja ndi malo olowera malire .
11 pa 11
Malo Otsala Aakulu a Peru
Malingana ndi chiwerengero cha 2007, midzi yotsatira ku Peru yonse inali ndi anthu oposa 100,000:
- Ica (219,856; Ica)
- Juliaca (216,716; Puno)
- Pucallpa (204,772; Ucayali)
- Sullana (181954; Piura)
- Cajamarca (162,326; Cajamarca)
- Chincha Alta (153,598; Ica)
- Ayacucho (151,019; Ayacucho)
- Huánuco (149 210; Huánuco)
- Puno (120,229; Puno)
- Tarapoto (117,184; San Martin)
- Huaraz (100,931; Ancash)
Zolemba:
Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática: Censos Nacionales 2007: XI de Población y VI de Vivienda