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Pueblo Libre

Pueblo Libre District, Lima

Pueblo Libre, formerly known as La Magdalena and commonly known as Old Magdalena to differentiate it from , is a district of Lima Province in .
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  • Type: Suburb with 83,300 residents
  • Description: district of Lima, Peru
  • Also known as: “Magdalena”, “Magdalena Vieja”, and “Pueblo Libre”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru and Monumento a Simón Bolívar, Pueblo Libre.

Museum
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The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru is the largest and oldest museum in , housed at the Palacio de la Magdalena, located in the main square of Pueblo Libre, a district of , Peru.

Memorial
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is a memorial.

Museum
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The Larco Museum is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of , . The museum is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Lima and Santa Beatriz.

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Western Lima includes the Chorrillos, San Isidro, Magdalena del Mar, Pueblo Libre, San Miguel districts of Lima, to the south of the Rimac River and west of Av. Arequipa. The related districts of , and have their own pages.

Quarter
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is a in . It is the southernmost area of the district. It limits to the north, with the historic centre of Lima; to the east, with ; to the south, with ; and to the west, with . is situated 3½ km east of Pueblo Libre District, Lima.

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is the capital of and its largest city. Founded in 1535 by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, the modern city is a curious mix of the modern mega city with some 'islands of modernity', large but orderly slum areas and colonial architecture in downtown.

Pueblo Libre District, Lima

Latitude
-12.07784° or 12° 4′ 40″ south
Longitude
-77.06225° or 77° 3′ 44″ west
Population
83,300
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Open location code
57V4WWCQ+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3780174740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3931542
Wiki­data ID
Q3321959
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Spanish—“Pueblo Libre District, Lima” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Pueblo Libre jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Pueblo Libre”
  • Catalan: “Pueblo Libre”
  • Cebuano: “Pueblo Libre (distrito sa Lima)”
  • Cebuano: “Pueblo Libre”
  • Chinese: “自由部落区”
  • Chinese: “自由部落區”
  • Dutch: “Pueblo Libre”
  • French: “Pueblo Libre”
  • German: “Distrikt Pueblo Libre”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Pueblo Libre”
  • Italian: “Pueblo Libre”
  • Portuguese: “Pueblo Libre”
  • Quechua: “Distrito de Pueblo Libre”
  • Quechua: “Pueblo Libre distritu”
  • Quechua: “Pueblo Libre”
  • Russian: “Пуэрто-Либре”
  • Spanish: “Chacalea”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Pueblo Libre”
  • Spanish: “Magdalena Vieja”
  • Spanish: “Pueblo Libre”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza Bolivar and Municipalidad de Pueblo Libre.

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