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
Country	Peru
Region	Loreto
Province	Maynas
Largest city	Iquitos
Population  (2007 Census)
• Total	406.340(year 2,007) 471.993(year 2,015)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)

Metropolitan districts

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

• Maynas Province
• List of metropolitan areas of Peru
• Peru