La Punta District
La Punta is a district of Callao, Peru. 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 downtown Callao.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alonso Cárdenas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 3,830 residents
- Description: district of Callao, Peru
- Also known as: “La Punta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Real Felipe Fortress and BAP Abtao.
Real Felipe Fortress
Castle
Photo: Rarrunat, Public domain.
The Real Felipe Fortress is a fortress located within the Monumental Zone of Callao, Peru. It was built to defend the main port of the country, as well as the city of Lima from pirates and corsairs during colonial times.
BAP Abtao
Photo: Santiagostucchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
BAP Abtao 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.
Naval Museum of Peru
Museum
Photo: Santiagostucchi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Port of Callao, officially the Callao Port Terminal, is the maritime port of Callao, a suburb of Lima, Peru. It is the country's main port in terms of traffic and storage capacity.
La Punta District
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Callao, Callao Region, Central Coast, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “La Punta District”. Photo: Alonso Cárdenas, CC BY-SA 3.0.