Lurigancho-Chosica
Lurigancho is a district of Lima, Peru. It is located in the valley of the Rímac River, which it shares with neighboring Chaclacayo and Ate districts. Its capital is the town of Chosica, located 861 m above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 1,040,000 residents
- Description: district of Lima province, Peru
- Also known as: “Luricancho”, “Lurigancho”, “Lurigancho Chosica district”, “Lurigancho district”, “San Juan de Lurigancho”, and “SJL”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Los Jardines and Los Postes.
Los Jardines
Metro station
Photo: Ovruni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Jardines is a Lima and Callao Metro station on Line 1. The station is located between Pirámide del Sol and Los Postes. It was opened on 3 January 2012 as part of the extension of the line from Miguel Grau to Bayóvar.
Los Postes
Metro station
Photo: Ovruni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Postes is a Lima and Callao Metro station on Line 1. The station is located between Los Jardines and San Carlos. It was opened on 3 January 2012 as part of the extension of the line from Miguel Grau to Bayóvar.
Huaca Canto Chico
Archaeological site
Photo: Luz Linarez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huaca Canto Chico is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Lima and Central Lima.
North Lima
Rio Rimac North is the section of Lima north of Rio Rimac including the districts of Comas, Carabayllo, Puente Piedra, Santa Rosa, Ancón, San Martín de Porres, Los Olivos and Independencia.
Central Lima
Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Lima, Peru comprises the districts of Lima, Breña, Jesús María, Lince, La Victoria, San Luis, El Agustino and Rímac.
Santa María de Huachipa
Village
Santa María de Huachipa is a town in Lurigancho-Chosica, a district of Lima Province, Peru. Santa María de Huachipa is situated 7 km east of Lurigancho-Chosica.
Lurigancho-Chosica
- Categories: district of Peru and locality
- Location: San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-12.00173° or 12° 0′ 6″ southLongitude
-77.00841° or 77° 0′ 30″ westPopulation
1,040,000Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)Open location code
57V4XXXR+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 821375121OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3935724Wikidata ID
Q2718534
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Spanish—“Lurigancho-Chosica” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Lurigancho-Chosica jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Catalan: “Districte de Lurigancho”
- Catalan: “Lurigancho”
- Cebuano: “Lurigancho”
- Chinese: “盧里甘喬-喬西卡區”
- Dutch: “Lurigancho”
- French: “Lurigancho-Chosica”
- German: “Distrikt Lurigancho-Chosica”
- German: “Distrikt Lurigancho”
- Italian: “Distretto di Lurigancho-Chosica”
- Italian: “Lurigancho-Chosica”
- Japanese: “ルリガンチョ＝チョシカ”
- Portuguese: “Lurigancho”
- Quechua: “distrito de Lurigancho Chosica”
- Quechua: “distrito de Lurigancho”
- Quechua: “Lurigancho-Chosica distritu”
- Quechua: “Lurigancho”
- Quechua: “Lurikanchu-Chusiqa listritu”
- Spanish: “distrito de Lurigancho Chosica”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Lurigancho-Chosica”
- Spanish: “distrito de Lurigancho”
- Spanish: “Lurigancho”
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