🇵🇪 Cities in Peru — API & JSON data

1,591 cities. 2 regions. 13 languages. That's the current coverage for Peru in the Geomelon API, led by Lima at 9,943,800 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Peru cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Lima	Lima Province	9,943,800
Trujillo	—	1,148,668
Arequipa	—	1,008,290
Chiclayo	—	552,508
Callao	—	537,377
Piura	—	473,025
Huancayo	—	450,900
Cusco	—	428,450
Chimbote	—	395,100
Iquitos	—	377,609

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=pe&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "29643851-a190-4b48-8c88-a78f3885490a",
    "name": "Lima",
    "population": 9943800,
    "countryName": "Peru",
    "countryCode": "PE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇪",
    "regionName": "Lima Province"
  },
  {
    "id": "f578ecc3-5df4-4460-9445-95273c58de76",
    "name": "Trujillo",
    "population": 1148668,
    "countryName": "Peru",
    "countryCode": "PE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇪",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "846fcf38-939b-4822-9ffb-f835eeae40a4",
    "name": "Arequipa",
    "population": 1008290,
    "countryName": "Peru",
    "countryCode": "PE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇵🇪",
    "regionName": null
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=pe&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=pe&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Peru are available in 13 languages.

en: Lima
zh: 利馬
ru: Лима

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 222 Peru cities as JSON (31 KB, no API key) from the Peru cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Peru does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 1,591 cities in Peru across 2 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Peru city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Peru are available in 13 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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