The Trujillo Metropolitan Area is the name used to refer to the metropolitan area whose core is the city of Trujillo, capital La Libertad Region, this metropolitan area located on the north coast of

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, extends over an area of approximately 110,000

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and comprises nine of the eleven districts that make up the province of Trujillo.PLANDET
strategic plan for comprehensive and sustainable development
According to population statistics of INEI, It is the third most populous metropolitan area of Peru.

History

Trujillo, years ago separated from the other localities by the'' wall'' Trujillo, is now fully expanded to the four cardinal points of the ancient wall fragments are only historically preserved. However, Trujillo has been influential to nearby cities for decades, having great interaction with them. The urban integration of some of these towns to the metropolis has led its growth. An aerial photograph from the satellite shows a single urban area where it is difficult to distinguish the boundaries of Trujillo and its conurbation metropolitan districts, virtually separated only administratively.

Planning

The Planning of Peruvian metropolitan areas are made, by the government of municipalities of each city, with authority granted by Organic Law of Municipalities, and they have the support of an expert office for urban planning with specific functions. Wherefore officially valid data about districts conformation for metropolitan areas in Peru are those issued by official documents issued and validated by the respective municipal governments of each city under the law that local governments are autonomous political, economic and administrative matters within its jurisdiction and its powers according to the law of municipalities, an attribution of these is to approve the urban development plan.

Extent and structure

The metropolitan area of Trujillo occupies a territory whose length is approximately 110,000 hectares, and comprises the lower Moche Valley or Valle de Santa Catalina and Intervalles to Chicama valley to the north and the Viru Valley southward with its central theme the irrigation project Chavimochic.

Population

According to PLANDET, agency of the Municipality of the city, Metropolitan Trujillo consists of the so-called ''Trujillo Urban Continuum'' formed by the districts of Trujillo, El Porvenir, Florencia de Mora, La Esperenza and Victor Larco Herrera, and the sector El Milagro of

Huanchaco District Huanchaco District is one of eleven districts of the province Trujillo, located in La Libertad Region, Peru. The district in the year 2017 had 68,409 inhabitants.National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI)- Peru Huanchaco is on ...

, as well as all urban and rural settlements in the valley of Santa Catalina, the Moche river basin, which correspond to the districts of Huanchaco, Laredo, Moche and

Salaverry Salaverry is a port town located southeast of Trujillo city in the La Libertad Region, Peru. It is the capital of Salaverry District and it is located at around . The port, rebuilt in the 1960s by an English company, is able to accommodate lar ...

, organized as a unit of planning. *In the table is shown some data of the districts of Trujillo Metropolitan: *Graphics of evolution of the population by INEI Colors= id:a value:gray(0.9) id:b value:gray(0.7) id:c value:rgb(1,1,1) id:d value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:940 height:350 PlotArea = left:200 bottom:30 top:30 right:100 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1000000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:b increment:100000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:a increment:30000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:c BarData= bar:1940 text:1940 bar:1961 text:1961 bar:1972 text:1972 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1993 text:1993 bar:2007 text:2007 bar:2017 text:2017 PlotData= color:d width:20 align:left bar:1940 from:0 till: 53884 bar:1961 from:0 till: 135381 bar:1972 from:0 till: 279481 bar:1981 from:0 till: 403337 bar:1993 from:0 till: 589314 bar:2007 from:0 till: 804296 bar:2017 from:0 till: 962369 PlotData= bar:1940 at: 53884 fontsize:s text: 53.884 shift:(-9,5) bar:1961 at: 135381 fontsize:s text: 135.381 shift:(-10,5) bar:1972 at: 279481 fontsize:s text: 279.481 shift:(-10,5) bar:1981 at: 403337 fontsize:s text: 403.337 shift:(-15,5) bar:1993 at: 589314 fontsize:s text: 589.314 shift:(-15,5) bar:2007 at: 804296 fontsize:s text: 804.296 shift:(-15,5) bar:2017 at: 962369 fontsize:s text: 962.369 shift:(-15,5) Sources: Population 2007

Population by districts

In the following table of population distribution can be seen the demographic evolution of Trujillo metropolitan by districts.

External links

Location of Trujillo city (Wikimapia)"Huaca de la luna and Huaca del sol""Huacas del Sol y de la Luna Archaeological Complex"
Official Website
Information on El Brujo Archaeological ComplexChan Chan World Heritage Site
UNESCO
Chan Chan conservation projectWebsite about Trujillo, Reviews, Events, Business Directory

Multimedia

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Gallery pictures
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, Includes Geographical information by various authors

References

{{Reflist, 2 Geography of Trujillo, Peru Metropolitan areas of Peru