La Molina District
La Molina is one of the forty-three districts that make up the province of Lima, located in the department of the same name, in Peru. Officially established as a district on February 6, 1962. The current mayor of La Molina is Esteban Diego Uceda Guerra-García.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 141,000 residents
- Description: district of Lima, Peru
- Also known as: “La Molina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Monumental "U" and Puruchuco.
Estadio Monumental "U"
Sports venue
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Estadio Monumental "U" is a football stadium in the district of Ate in Lima, Peru. It is the home of Club Universitario de Deportes of the Peruvian Primera División, and it was opened in 2000 to replace the Estadio Teodoro Lolo Fernandez. Estadio Monumental "U" is situated 3 km northwest of La Molina District.
Puruchuco
Archaeological site
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Puruchuco is an archaeological site in Peru that was an administrative center of the Inca period, located in the Ate District, in Lima. Puruchuco is situated 4 km northwest of La Molina District.
Lima Peru Temple
Church
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The Lima Peru Temple is the 38th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lima Peru Temple is situated 3½ km west of La Molina District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Lima and Santa María de Huachipa.
East Lima
Photo: Harleyca, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eastern Lima describes the districts of La Molina, Cieneguilla, Ate Vitarte, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lurigancho-Chosica, Chaclacayo in Lima, Peru.
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 8 km northwest of La Molina District.
La Molina District
- Categories: district of Peru and locality
- Location: La Molina, Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-12.07798° or 12° 4′ 41″ southLongitude
-76.91728° or 76° 55′ 2″ westPopulation
141,000Elevation
500 metres (1,640 feet)United Nations Location Code
PE LAMOpen location code
57V5W3CM+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2099879337OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Welsh—“La Molina District” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “La Molina jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Catalan: “Districte de La Molina”
- Catalan: “La Molina”
- Cebuano: “La Molina (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “La Molina”
- Chinese: “拉莫利納區”
- Dutch: “La Molina”
- French: “La Molina”
- German: “Distrikt La Molina”
- German: “La Molina”
- Indonesian: “Distrik La Molina”
- Indonesian: “La Molina”
- Italian: “Distretto di La Molina”
- Italian: “La Molina”
- Portuguese: “La Molina”
- Quechua: “Distrito de La Molina”
- Quechua: “La Molina distritu”
- Quechua: “Mulina listritu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de La Molina”
- Spanish: “La Molina”
- Urdu: “لا مولینا ضلع”
- Welsh: “La Molina”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plaza de armas and Municipalidad de La Molina.
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