List of cities in South America

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This is a list of cities in South America.

Largest cities

This list includes all South American cities with a population within city limits exceeding 600,000 according to the latest government census figures, official estimates or projections. Figures refer to the mid-year population unless otherwise specified.

Name Image Country Population Year
1 São Paulo São Paulo city (Bela Vista).jpg  Brazil 11,895,893[1] 2014
2 Lima Lima, Peru Sunset Skyline & Cityscape.png  Peru 8,755,262[lower-alpha 1][2] 2014
3 Bogotá Skyline downtown Bogota.jpg  Colombia 7,760,451[lower-alpha 2][4] 2014
4 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro night.jpg  Brazil 6,453,682[1] 2014
5 Santiago Santiago Skyline.jpg  Chile 5,452,548[lower-alpha 3][5] 2014
6 Caracas Skyline Caracas.jpg  Venezuela 3,273,863[lower-alpha 4][6] 2014
7 Buenos Aires Buenos-aires-skyline.jpg  Argentina 3,049,229[7] 2014
8 Salvador Salvador BA (cropped).jpg  Brazil 2,902,927[1] 2014
9 Brasília Esplanada dos Ministérios, Brasília DF 04 2006.jpg  Brazil 2,852,372[1] 2014
10 Fortaleza Beira-mar em Fortaleza.jpg  Brazil 2,571,896[1] 2014
11 Guayaquil Guayas from Santa Ana.JPG  Ecuador 2,560,505[8] 2014
12 Quito 120px  Ecuador 2,505,344[8] 2014
13 Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Panorâmica.jpg  Brazil 2,491,109[1] 2014
14 Medellín Panoramica Centro De Medellin.jpg  Colombia 2,410,765[lower-alpha 2][4] 2014
15 Cali North downtown.JPG  Colombia 2,308,112[lower-alpha 2][4] 2014
16 Manaus Manaus vista do Millenium.JPG  Brazil 2,020,301[1] 2014
17 Curitiba Curitiba From Barigui Park.jpg  Brazil 1,864,416[1] 2014
18 Maracaibo Maracaibo bella vista.jpg  Venezuela 1,627,501[6] 2014
19 Recife Rio Capibaribe (2) - Recife - Pernambuco - Brasil.jpg  Brazil 1,608,488[1] 2014
20 Santa Cruz de la Sierra 120px  Bolivia 1,524,000[9] 2015
21 Porto Alegre Cais Mauá Porto Alegre 2.jpg  Brazil 1,472,482[1] 2014
22 Belém Belém city2.JPG  Brazil 1,432,844[1] 2014
23 Goiânia Goiânia Panorama.jpg  Brazil 1,412,364[1] 2014
24 Córdoba Panorama del centro de Córdoba desde Parque de las naciones 2011-02-06.jpg  Argentina 1,405,753[10] 2014
25 Montevideo Montevideo aerial.jpg  Uruguay 1,378,611[lower-alpha 5][11] 2014
26 Guarulhos Vista da cidade de Guarulhos (SP).JPG  Brazil 1,312,197[1] 2014
27 Barranquilla Barranquilla - Paseo de Bolívar.jpg  Colombia 1,208,729[lower-alpha 2][4] 2014
28 Campinas Campinas - SP - Brasil.JPG  Brazil 1,154,617[1] 2014
29 Barquisimeto Barquisimeto de Noche.jpg  Venezuela 1,104,186[6] 2014
30 São Luís Avenida Colares Moreira - São Luís.jpg  Brazil 1,064,197[1] 2014
31 São Gonçalo  Brazil 1,031,903[1] 2014
32 Maceió Maceio01.jpg  Brazil 1,005,319[1] 2014
33 Callao Miraflores - panoramio - Alistair Cunningham.jpg  Peru 996,455[lower-alpha 6][2] 2014
34 Rosario Rosario desde el aire.jpeg  Argentina 964,833[12] 2014
35 Cartagena Atardecer en Cartagena de Indias desde La Popa..jpg  Colombia 947,579[lower-alpha 2][4] 2014
36 Valencia ValencianocheVen.JPG  Venezuela 892,530[6] 2014
37 Duque de Caxias TeatroCaxias.jpg  Brazil 878,402[1] 2014
38 Ciudad Guayana Puerto Ordaz 2.JPG  Venezuela 862,720[6] 2014
39 Natal Natal RN Brasil - Ponta Negra.jpg  Brazil 862,044[1] 2014
40 Arequipa Arequipa Skyline.jpg  Peru 861,145[lower-alpha 7][14] 2014
41 El Alto  Bolivia 860,000[9] 2015
42 Campo Grande  Brazil 843,120[1] 2014
43 Teresina  Brazil 840,600[1] 2014
44 São Bernardo do Campo  Brazil 811,489[1] 2014
45 Nova Iguaçu  Brazil 806,177[1] 2014
46 Trujillo  Peru 788,236[lower-alpha 8][14] 2014
47 João Pessoa  Brazil 780,738[1] 2014
48 La Paz  Bolivia 780,000[9] 2015
49 Santo André  Brazil 707,613[1] 2014
50 Osasco  Brazil 693,271[1] 2014
51 La Plata  Argentina 681,831[15] 2014
52 São José dos Campos  Brazil 681,036[1] 2014
53 Jaboatão dos Guararapes  Brazil 680,943[1] 2014
54 Ribeirão Preto  Brazil 658,059[1] 2014
55 Uberlândia  Brazil 654,681[1] 2014
56 Cochabamba  Bolivia 646,000[9] 2015
57 Contagem  Brazil 643,476[1] 2014
58 Mar del Plata  Argentina 637,637[15] 2014
59 Sorocaba  Brazil 637,187[1] 2014
60 Aracaju  Brazil 623,766[1] 2014
61 Cúcuta  Colombia 621,963[lower-alpha 2][4] 2014
62 Feira de Santana  Brazil 612,000[1] 2014

Countries

Territories

See also

Notes

  1. Population projection refers to Lima Province and not the Lima Metropolitan Area.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Population projections for Colombian cities refer to the cabecera municipal (municipal seat).[3]
  3. Population projection refers to Santiago Province.
  4. Population projection refers to the Metropolitan District of Caracas, which comprises the municipalities of Libertador, Chacao, Baruta, Sucre and El Hatillo.
  5. Population projection refers to Montevideo Department.
  6. Population projection refers to the Constitutional Province of Callao.
  7. INEI defines the city of Arequipa as comprising the districts of Arequipa, Alto Selva Alegre, Cayma, Cerro Colorado, Jacobo Hunter, Mariano Melgar, Miraflores, Paucarpata, Sabandía, Sachaca, Socabaya, Tiabaya, Yanahuara and José Luis Bustamante y Rivero.[13]
  8. INEI defines the city of Trujillo as comprising the districts of Trujillo, El Porvenir, Florencia de Mora, La Esperanza and Víctor Larco Herrera.[13]

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