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.- 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
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
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.
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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.00173° or 12° 0′ 6″ south
Longitude
-77.00841° or 77° 0′ 30″ west
Population
1,040,000
Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)
Open location code
57V4XXXR+8J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Swedish—“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”
- Swedish: “Lurigancho”
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