What is Ventanilla?

Ventanilla is a district of the Constitutional Province of Callao in Peru, and one of the six districts that comprise the port city of Callao. Covering more than half of the province's territory, it is Callao's largest district.

The current mayor of Ventanilla is Juan José López Alava. It was officially established as a district on January 28, 1969. The first stone for the building of Ventanilla was placed on September 24, 1960 in what is now the Central Church of Ventanilla San Pedro Nolasco.

Geography

The district has a total land area of 73.52 km². Its administrative center is located 21 meters above sea level. Ventanilla is located in the northern part of the province and the coordinates of its center are .

Ventanilla is made up of eight urban zones and more than 160 neighborhoods (barrios).

Boundaries

• North: Santa Rosa and Ancón (both in the Lima Province)
• East: Puente Piedra (Lima Province)
• South: Downtown Callao, and San Martín de Porres (Lima Province)
• West: Pacific Ocean

Demographics

According to a 2002 estimate by the INEI, the district has 400,000 inhabitants and a population density of 5418.59 persons/km².

External links

• (Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Ventanilla
• Todo Callao (in Spanish)
• VENTANILLA TEENS - Orgullosos de ser Ventanillenses)

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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Callao (Spanish: El Callao) is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region.
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Somos libres, seámoslo siempre   (Spanish)
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Callao (Spanish: El Callao) is the largest and most important port in Peru. The city is coterminous with the Constitutional Province of Callao, the only province of the Callao Region.
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Puente Piedra District also has a section called Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Officially established as a district on February 6, 1962, the current mayor of Santa Rosa is Luis García Villacorta.
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Ancón is a district of northern Lima Province in Peru. It is a popular beach resort, visited every summer by hundreds of people from Lima. Officially established as a district on October 29, 1874, the current mayor (alcalde) of Ancón is Jaime Jesús Pajuelo Torres.
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The Peruvian district of Puente Piedra is one of the 43 districts in the Lima Province. The district was founded the 14 of February of 1927 according to Law Nº 5675. It has an area of 71.18 square kilometers and a population exceeding 165,000 people.
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Callao is one of the six districts of the Constitutional Province of Callao in the Callao Region, Peru. It is also the downtown district of the city of Callao.

The Chillón River marks the district's northern border with Ventanilla.
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San Martín de Porres (SMP) is a district in Lima, Peru, located in the area known as Cono Norte. It is bordered by the district of Callao on the west; Los Olivos on the northeast; and the Rímac and Independencia districts on the east.
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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.

Micros are the most common means of public transportation in Lima and many other cities in Peru.
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The following is a list of important sites of interest in and around the city of Lima, Peru.

• Historical Center of Lima

Beaches and Waterfront

• Ancón
• Barranquito
• Agua Dulce
• Los Pavos
• Las Cascadas
• Punta Hermosa
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• Saint Rose of Lima, first Roman Catholic saint born in the Americas.

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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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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
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Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Inscription History
Inscription 1988  (12th Session)
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Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area

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