What is El Agustino?

El Agustino is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is part of city of Lima. Officially established as a district on January 6, 1965, the current mayor (alcalde) of El Agustino is Víctor Modesto Salcedo Ríos. The district's postal code is 10.

Geography

The district has a total land area of 12.54 km². Its administrative center is located 197 meters above sea level. Originally the boundary with Ate was marked by the Río Surco irrigation ditch, but in 1989 the eastern part of El Agustino (east of the El Agustino hill, which gave the district its name) broke away to form Santa Anita district with the Santa Anita section of Ate and surrounding areas.

Boundaries

• North: San Juan de Lurigancho and Lurigancho
• East: Ate and Santa Anita
• South: Ate, San Luis, La Victoria
• West: Downtown Lima

Demographics

According to a 2002 estimate by the INEI, the district has 166,177 inhabitants and a population density of 13,251.8 persons/km². In 1999, there were 32,910 households in the district. It is the 25th most populated district in Lima.



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The districts of Peru (Spanish: distritos) are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,833 districts in total.^[1].
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This article is about Lima, the peruvian province. For its capital city, see Lima. For other uses, see Lima (disambiguation)

Lima Province
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Anthem
Somos libres, seámoslo siempre   (Spanish)
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Lima

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Area
Area
Elevation 131.25 km²
190-350 m (urban area)
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population
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 - Density
831,634 (2002 estimated)
6336.
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Lurigancho is a district of the Lima Province in Peru, located in the valley of the Rímac River which it shares with neighboring Chaclacayo and Ate districts. Its capital is the town of Chosica.

Geography

The district has a total land area of 236.47 km².
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Ate, also known as Ate-Vitarte, is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Located in the eastern part of the province, it is one of the districts that comprise the city of Lima.

Geography

The district has a total land area of 77.72 km².
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Santa Anita is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is part of city of Lima. Officially established as a district on October 25, 1989 from parts of Ate and El Agustino separated by the Rio Surco, a ditch which went all the way to Santiago de Surco.
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San Luis is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is part of city of Lima. Officially established as a district on May 30, 1968, the current mayor (alcalde) of San Luis is Fernando Javier Durand Mejía. The district's postal code is 30.
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La Victoria is a district of the Lima Province in Peru and one of the districts that comprise the city of Lima.One of the most populous in Lima.
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Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio
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Lima (known in Spanish as Cercado de Lima) is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is where the downtown zone of Lima, the country's capital city, is located.
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The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country.
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The Lima Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana de Lima, also known as Gran Lima (Greater Lima) or Lima Metropolitana), is an area formed by the conurbation of the Peruvian cities of Lima (the nation's capital) and Callao.
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history of Lima, the capital of Peru, began with its foundation by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535. The city was established on the valley of the Rímac River in an area populated by the Ychsma polity.
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Public transport in Lima is handled by buses, micros, taxicabs, and the so-called mototaxis.

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The following is a list of important sites of interest in and around the city of Lima, Peru.

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• Agua Dulce
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The following is a list of Lima's mayors through the 20th and 21st centuries.

Name Years in Office
Nicolás de Rivera 1535, 1544-1554
Francisco de Godoy 1536
Sebastián de Torres 1537
Juan de Barbarán 1538
Domingo de la Presa 1539
Miguel Pardo 1862-1863
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The Lima Province is divided into forty three districts (Spanish: distritos) that are administered by the Metropolitan Lima Municipal Council.
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Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio
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Lima (known in Spanish as Cercado de Lima) is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is where the downtown zone of Lima, the country's capital city, is located.
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State Party  Peru
Type Cultural
Criteria iv
Reference 500
Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Inscription History
Inscription 1988  (12th Session)
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