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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  • Locality with 315,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 156 metres (512 feet)
  • Description: district of Peru
  • Also known as
    “Cercado de Lima”
    “Lima District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Stadium of Peru and Plaza Mayor.

Sports venue
The is a multi-purpose stadium in , .

Square
The , also known as the Plaza de Armas…

The Cathedral Basilica of Lima, commonly known as the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lima and Central Lima.

is the capital of and its largest city.

Central , comprises the districts of Lima…

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Western Lima includes the Chorrillos, San Isidro…

Lima

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Latitude
-12.0555° or 12° 3′ 20″ south
Longitude
-77.0264° or 77° 1′ 35″ west
Open location code
57V4WXVF+RF
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hospital de Santa Ana and Hospital G. Almenara.

Peru: Highlights

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