La Punta District

La Punta is a district of , . Officially established in 1915, it is located on the city's peninsula, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, except on its northeastern side, where it is bordered by .
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  • Type: Locality with 3,760 residents
  • Description: district of Callao, Peru
  • Also known as: “La Punta”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Real Felipe Fortress and BAP Abtao.

Castle
Photo: Rarrunat, Public domain.
The is a fortress located within the Monumental Zone of , Peru. It was built to defend the main port of the country, as well as the city of from pirates and corsairs during colonial times.

Photo: Santiagostucchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Abtao-class submarine of the Peruvian Navy. The vessel which was originally named BAP Tiburón, was constructed by the American Electric Boat company in the United States and launched in 1953.

Museum
Photo: Santiagostucchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Port of Callao, officially the Callao Port Terminal, is the maritime port of , a suburb of , . It is the country's main port in terms of traffic and storage capacity.

La Punta District

Latitude
-12.0717° or 12° 4′ 18″ south
Longitude
-77.1628° or 77° 9′ 46″ west
Population
3,760
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
57V4WRHP+8V
Geo­Names ID
8351044
Wiki­data ID
Q2685756
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Urdu—“La Punta District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “La Punta jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Catalan: “La Punta”
  • Cebuano: “La Punta (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “La Punta”
  • Chinese: “拉蓬塔区”
  • Chinese: “拉蓬塔區”
  • Dutch: “La Punta”
  • French: “La Punta”
  • German: “Distrikt La Punta”
  • Italian: “Distretto di La Punta”
  • Italian: “La Punta”
  • Japanese: “ラ・プンタ (ペルー)”
  • Japanese: “ラ・プンタ区”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Punta”
  • Portuguese: “La Punta”
  • Quechua: “La Punta distritu”
  • Spanish: “distrito de La Punta”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de La Punta”
  • Spanish: “La Punta”
  • Swedish: “La Punta”
  • Urdu: “لا پونٹا ضلع”
  • “La Punta”

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