Peru Gazetteers

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * Immigrants' guide to Peru : (the central railway and the zone of the Pichis) / published by authority. Immigrants' guide to Peru: (the central railway and the zone of the Pichis)/published by authority. Lima, 1902.
 * Wikipedia - cities and towns in Peru
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Demarcación política del Perú Demarcación política del Perú. [Lima, Peru] : Instituto Geográfico Militar del Perú, 1983
 * Demarcación política del Perú por departamento, provincia y distritos Demarcación política del Perú por departamento, provincia y distritos. [Syracuse, New York : D.J. Robinson, 1989]
 * Documental del Perú Pedro Felipe Cortázar. Documental del Perú. Lima, Peru : Información, Opinión Pública, Publicidad y Encuestas (IOPPE), 1966-1971
 * Historical Dictionary of Peru Marvin Álisky. Historical Dictionary of Peru. Metuchen, New Jersey : Scarecrow Press, 1979
 * Perú: Directorio nacional de municipalidades provinciales y distritales, 1999 Lima (Perú). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Perú: Directorio nacional de municipalidades provinciales y distritales, 1999. Lima, Peru : Dirección Nacional de Estadística e Informática Departamental, 1999
 * Area handbook for Peru coauthors, Thomas E. Weil ... [et al.] Area handbook for Peru. Washington, D.C. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1971
 * Diccionario Biográfico del Perú Raúl Garbín D., Raúl Garbín, Jr., Julio Cárdenas Ramírez. Diccionario Biográfico del Perú. [Lima, Peru : "Escuelas americanas", 1944]

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:


 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)