Lima
Lima is a district of Lima, Peru. It is the oldest district of the province and as such, vestiges of the city's Spanish era remain today in the city's historic centre, part of which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and contains the foundational area once surrounded by the city's walls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 268,000 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.
National Stadium of Peru
Sports venue
The National Stadium of Peru is a multi-purpose stadium in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 50,086 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation without the lodges for some thousands more.
Plaza Mayor
Square
Photo: Allan Grey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Plaza Mayor, also known as the Plaza de Armas, is the main public square of the historic centre of the city of Lima, Peru. It dates back to the foundation of the city by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima
Photo: Wasiwatana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral Basilica of Lima, commonly known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lima, Peru. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lima and Central Lima.
Lima
Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0.
Lima is the capital of Peru 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.
Central Lima
Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Lima, Peru comprises the districts of Lima, Breña, Jesús María, Lince, La Victoria, San Luis, El Agustino and Rímac.
West Lima
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 Central Lima, Miraflores and Barranco have their own pages.
Lima
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Lima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مديرية ليما”
- 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”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hospital G. Almenara and Palace of Justice, Lima.
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