Lima

Lima is a district of Lima, . It is the oldest district of the province and as such, vestiges of the city's Spanish period remain today in its , part of which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and contains the once surrounded by the city's walls.
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  • Type: Locality with 315,000 residents
  • Description: district of Peru
  • Also known as: “Cercado de Lima” and “Lima District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Stadium of Peru and Plaza Mayor.

Sports venue
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The is a multi-purpose stadium in , . Its current capacity is 40,272 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation and Instituto Peruano del Deporte.

Square
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The , also known as the Plaza de Armas, is the main public square of the of the city of , . It dates back to the foundation of the city by Francisco Pizarro on 18 January 1535.

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The Cathedral Basilica of Lima, commonly known as the , is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , Peru. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lima and Central Lima.

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is the capital of 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.

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Central , comprises the districts of Lima, Breña, Jesús María, Lince, La Victoria, San Luis, El Agustino and Rímac.

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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 , and have their own pages.

Lima

Latitude
-12.0555° or 12° 3′ 20″ south
Longitude
-77.0264° or 77° 1′ 35″ west
Population
315,000
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
57V4WXVF+RF
Geo­Names ID
8351059
Wiki­data ID
Q3031413
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Lima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مديرية ليما”
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Lima”
  • Asturian: “Lima (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Lima”
  • Aymara: “Lima jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Lima”
  • Cebuano: “Lima (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Lima”
  • Chinese: “利馬區”
  • Danish: “Lima”
  • Dutch: “Lima”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto de Lima”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Lima”
  • French: “district de Lima”
  • French: “Lima”
  • Galician: “Distrito de Lima”
  • German: “Distrikt Lima”
  • German: “Lima”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לימה”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז העיר”
  • Hebrew: “נפת לימה”
  • Hungarian: “Lima körzet”
  • Italian: “distretto di Lima”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Lima”
  • Italian: “Lima”
  • Japanese: “リマ地区”
  • Portuguese: “Lima”
  • Quechua: “Cercado de Lima”
  • Quechua: “Distrito de Lima”
  • Quechua: “Lima distritu”
  • Quechua: “Limaq listritu”
  • Russian: “Лима”
  • Slovenian: “Cercado de Lima”
  • Slovenian: “Distrito de Lima”
  • Slovenian: “Lima”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Lima”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Lima”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Lima”
  • Spanish: “Lima Centro”
  • Spanish: “Lima”
  • Swedish: “Cercado de Lima”
  • Swedish: “Lima”
  • Urdu: “لیما ڈسٹرکٹ”

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