Jesús María District, Lima
Jesús María is a district located in central Lima, Peru. It is an upper class, high-density district and it usually ranks in the top districts with the best quality of life in Peru with a Human Development Index of 0.8372, lower only than the districts of La Molina and Lince.- Type: Locality with 75,400 residents
- Description: district of Peru
- Also known as: “Jesus Maria” and “Jesús María”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Larco Herrera Museum and National Stadium of Peru.
Larco Herrera Museum
Museum
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Larco Museum is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru. The museum is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building.
National Stadium of Peru
Sports venue
The Peru National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 40,272 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation and Instituto Peruano del Deporte.
National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru
Museum
Photo: Ibrehaut, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru is the largest and oldest museum in Peru, housed at the Palacio de la Magdalena, located in the main square of Pueblo Libre, a district of Lima, Peru.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lima and West Lima.
Lima
Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0.
Lima is the capital of Peru 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.
West Lima
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 Central Lima, Miraflores and Barranco have their own pages.
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.
Jesús María District, Lima
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Swedish—“Jesús María District, Lima” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Jesús María jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Catalan: “Districte de Jesús María”
- Catalan: “Jesús María”
- Cebuano: “Jesús María”
- Chinese: “赫蘇斯瑪麗亞區”
- Czech: “Jesús María”
- Dutch: “Jesús María”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Jesuo Maria”
- French: “Jesús María”
- German: “Distrikt Jesús María”
- Italian: “Distretto di Jesús María”
- Italian: “Jesús María”
- Japanese: “ヘスス・マリア地区”
- Portuguese: “Jesús María”
- Quechua: “Distrito de Jesús María”
- Quechua: “Jesús María distritu”
- Quechua: “Jesús María”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Jesús María”
- Spanish: “Jesús María”
- Swedish: “Jesús María, Lima”
- Swedish: “Jesús María”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jesus Maria and Parque Avelino Cáceres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gran Hotel Bolívar and Universidad del Pacífico.
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