Chorrillos
Chorrillos is a suburb in Chorrillos District, Lima and has about 314,000 residents. Chorrillos is situated nearby to the neighborhood San Carlos, as well as near Mercedes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estadio Municipal de Chorrillos and José Castro Mendívil Planetarium.
Estadio Municipal de Chorrillos
Stadium
Estadio Municipal de Chorrillos is a municipal stadium in the Chorrillos District, Lima, Peru. It opened in 1993, and holds 12,000 people. The stadium's nickname is Cancha de los Muertos because the stadium was built over a cemetery.
José Castro Mendívil Planetarium
Planetarium
Photo: Mayimbú, CC BY-SA 4.0.
José Castro Mendivil Digital Planetarium, also known simply as the Morro Solar Planetarium, is a planetarium and site museum dedicated to astronomy in the Morro Solar of Chorrillos District, Lima, Peru.
Morro Solar
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morro Solar is a headland, situated in the district of Chorrillos, to the south of Lima, Peru. Morro Solar is notable for being a site of the Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos between Peruvian and Chilean forces in 1881.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barranco and La Encantada de Villa.
Barranco
Barranco is a suburb or barrio of Lima the capital city of Peru. Barranco is south of Miraflores with many clubs and cafes popular among college students in Lima.
La Encantada de Villa
Neighborhood
Photo: AlejandroFC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Encantada de Villa is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km south of Chorrillos.
Miraflores
Photo: tafs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miraflores is a suburb or barrio of Lima the capital city of Peru. Miraflores is known as Ciudad Heroica or the Heroic City. There are many parks, gardens, high rise apartment buildings, hotels, restaurants and shops.
Chorrillos
- Type: Suburb with 314,000 residents
- Also known as: “Chorillos”
- Category: locality
- Location: Chorrillos District, Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.17095° or 12° 10′ 15″ southLongitude
-77.02126° or 77° 1′ 17″ westPopulation
314,000Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)United Nations Location Code
PE CHOOpen location code
57V4RXHH+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3265211045OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3943437
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