GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.

Regional cities: big enough to matter locally, small enough that most players outside the country have never heard of them. This is where guessing shifts from "I recognize the name" to "I recognize the region".

In Peru this set is spread across 16 different departments, with Ica home to the most of them (3).

How this category is defined

Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.

Places in this set

23

Smallest population

61,869

Largest population

428,450

Median population

140,033

Two you might get asked about

Pisco
61,869 inhabitants, Ica
The kind of place that is easy to miss on a map. Good practice for the sharpest players.

Cusco
428,450 inhabitants, Cuzco Department
One of the better known ones in this set, a fair starting point if you are new to this category.

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All 23 cities in Peru

Sorted by population, biggest first.

Place	Population	department
Cusco	428,450	Cuzco Department
Iquitos	377,609	Loreto
Pucallpa	326,040	Ucayali
Chimbote	316,966	Ancash
Tacna	286,240	Tacna
Ica	282,407	Ica
Juliaca	245,675	Puno
Cajamarca	201,329	Cajamarca Department
Huánuco	196,627	Huánuco Department
Sullana	160,789	Piura
Chincha Alta	153,076	Ica
Ayacucho	140,033	Ayacucho
Puno	128,637	Puno
Huaraz	118,836	Ancash
Talara	99,074	Piura
Tumbes	96,946	Tumbes
Chosica	88,606	Lima region
Puerto Maldonado	85,024	Madre de Dios
Abancay	72,277	Apurímac Department
Moquegua	69,882	Moquegua Department
Chulucanas	68,835	Piura
Huaral	62,174	Lima region
Pisco	61,869	Ica

Tips for this category

Cluster them mentally by province or state first, then narrow down inside that cluster.
Distance to the nearest big city is a useful anchor if you know the bigger dots already.

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