Lima

Lima 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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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Central Lima and Miraflores.

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

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is a suburb or barrio of Lima the capital city of . is known as Ciudad Heroica or the Heroic City. There are many parks, gardens, high rise apartment buildings, hotels, restaurants and shops.

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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.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Barranco and South Lima.

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is a suburb or barrio of Lima the capital city of . is south of Miraflores with many clubs and cafes popular among college students in Lima.

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Southern Lima includes the districts of San Borja, Santiago de Surco, San Juan de Miraflores, Villa María del Triunfo, Villa el Salvador, Pachacamac, Lurín, Punta Hermosa, Punta Negra, San Bartolo, Santa María del Mar and Pucusana in Lima, .

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Eastern Lima describes the districts of La Molina, Cieneguilla, Ate Vitarte, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Lurigancho-Chosica, Chaclacayo in Lima, .

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Rio Rimac North is the section of Lima north of Rio Rimac including the districts of Comas, Carabayllo, Puente Piedra, Santa Rosa, Ancón, San Martín de Porres, Los Olivos and Independencia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plaza Mayor and Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima.

Square
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The , also known as the Plaza de Armas, is the main public square of the of the city of Lima, . 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 Lima, Peru. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima.

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The Museum of Italian Art is a public museum in Lima, Peru. It is the only European arts museum in Lima. Openened in 1923, it is now managed by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Beatriz.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood of . It serves as the district's southernmost area, bordered to the east by Paseo de la República Avenue, to the south by , and to the west by .

Lima

Latitude
-12.05° or 12° 3′ south
Longitude
-77.05° or 77° 3′ west
Population
9,990,000
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
IATA airport code
LIM
United Nations Location Code
PE LIM
Open location code
57V4XX22+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4289361265
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3936456
Wiki­data ID
Q2868
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Lima” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Лима”
  • Adyghe: “Лима”
  • Afrikaans: “Lima”
  • Albanian: “Lima”
  • Amharic: “ሊማ”
  • Angika: “लीमा”
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  • Armenian: “Լիմա”
  • Arpitan: “Lima”
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  • Balinese: “Lima (kota)”
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  • Belarusian: “Ліма”
  • Bengali: “লিমা”
  • Bhojpuri: “लीमा”
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  • Bulgarian: “Лима”
  • Burmese: “လီမာမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Lima”
  • Cebuano: “Lima”
  • Central Bikol: “Lima, Peru”
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  • Central Kanuri: “Lima”
  • Central Kurdish: “لیما”
  • Chavacano: “Lima”
  • Chechen: “Лима”
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Lima”
  • Chinese: “利馬/利马”
  • Chinese: “利馬”
  • Chinese: “利马”
  • Chuvash: “Лима”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Lima”
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  • Dimli (individual language): “Lima”
  • Dotyali: “लिमा”
  • Dutch: “Lima”
  • Eastern Mari: “Лима”
  • Eastern Mari: “Лиме”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليما”
  • Esperanto: “Limo”
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  • Georgian: “ლიმა”
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  • Greek: “Λίμα”
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  • Guarani: “Líma”
  • Gujarati: “લીમા”
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  • Hebrew: “לימה”
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  • Icelandic: “Líma”
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  • Indonesian: “Lima, Peru”
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  • Irish: “Líoma”
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  • Japanese: “リマ”
  • Javanese: “Lima, Peru”
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  • Kannada: “ಲಿಮಾ”
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  • Korean: “리마”
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  • Kurdish: “Lîma”
  • Ladino: “Lima”
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  • Ligurian: “Lima”
  • Ligurian: “Limma”
  • Ligurian: “Lìmma”
  • Lingala: “Lima”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Lima”
  • Literary Chinese: “利馬”
  • Lithuanian: “Lima”
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  • Malay: “Lima”
  • Malayalam: “ലിമ”
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  • Maori: “Rima”
  • Marathi: “लिमा”
  • Mazanderani: “لیما”
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  • Minangkabau: “Lima”
  • Mingrelian: “ლიმა”
  • Mirandese: “Lima”
  • Moksha: “Лима”
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  • Moroccan Arabic: “ليما”
  • Nauru: “Lima”
  • Northern Frisian: “Liima”
  • Northern Sami: “Lima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lima”
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  • Novial: “Lima”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lima”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lima”
  • Oriya: “ଲିମା”
  • Ossetian: “Лимæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੀਮਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Lima”
  • Persian: “لیما”
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  • Polish: “Lima”
  • Portuguese: “Lima”
  • Quechua: “Limaq”
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  • Russian: “Лима”
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  • Samogitian: “Lima”
  • Santali: “ᱞᱤᱢᱟ”
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  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lima”
  • Serbian: “Лима”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lima”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းလိမႃႇ”
  • Shona: “Lima”
  • Sicilian: “Lima”
  • Silesian: “Lima”
  • Sindhi: “ليما”
  • Sinhala: “ලිමා”
  • Sinhala: “ලීමා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Lima”
  • Slovak: “Lima”
  • Slovenian: “Lima”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لیما”
  • Southern Altai: “Лина”
  • Southern Sotho: “Lima”
  • Spanish: “Lima”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵍⵉⵎⴰ”
  • Swahili: “Lima”
  • Swedish: “Lima”
  • Swiss German: “Lima”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Lima”
  • Tahitian: “Lima”
  • Tajik: “Лима”
  • Talysh: “Lima”
  • Tamil: “லிமா”
  • Tatar: “Лима”
  • Telugu: “లీమా”
  • Tetum: “Lima”
  • Thai: “ลิมา”
  • Tibetan: “ལི་མ།”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Lima”
  • Turkish: “Lima”
  • Turkmen: “Lima”
  • Tyap: “Lima”
  • Udmurt: “Лима”
  • Uighur: “لىما”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліма”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Lima”
  • Urdu: “لیما”
  • Uzbek: “Lima”
  • Venetian: “Lima”
  • Veps: “Lim”
  • Vietnamese: “Lima”
  • Vlax Romani: “Lima”
  • Volapük: “Lima”
  • Võro: “Lima”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lima”
  • Welsh: “Lima”
  • Western Armenian: “Լիմա”
  • Western Frisian: “Lima”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیما”
  • Wu Chinese: “利马”
  • Yiddish: “לימא”
  • Yoruba: “Lima”
  • Yue Chinese: “利馬”
  • Zeeuws: “Lima”
  • Zulu: “i-Lima”
  • “Lima”
  • “ma tomo Lima”
  • “लीमा”

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