Villa María del Triunfo district

Villa María del Triunfo district
Location of the district in the province of Lima
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Peru
region	region free
province	Lima
Seat	Villa María del Triunfo
surface	70.6 km²
Residents	398,433 (2017)
density	5646 inhabitants per km²
founding	December 28, 1961
ISO 3166-2	PE
Website	www.munivmt.gob.pe/portal/ (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde District	Eloy Chávez Hernández (2019-2022)
Political party	Perú Patria Segura

Coordinates: 12 ° 10 ′ 15 ″  S , 76 ° 55 ′ 10 ″  W.

The district of Villa María del Triunfo is one of the 43 urban districts of the Lima Metropolitana region in Peru . It is 70.57 km² and has 398,433 inhabitants (as of 2017). In 1993 the population was 263,554, in 2007 378,470.

The district of Villa María del Triunfo borders in the north on San Juan de Miraflores , in the east on La Molina , in the south on Pachacámac and Lurín and in the west on Villa El Salvador .

history

Until the 1950s, the area of ​​today's district, which at that time was still on the edge of the metropolis, was only sparsely populated. Villa María del Triunfo was mainly built in the 1960s and 1970s when immigrants from the Andes settled there. In the 1980s and 1990s, many families were added who had to flee from their villages in front of the Sendero Luminoso .

On December 28, 1961, Villa María del Triunfo was officially declared a municipality of Lima.

The incumbent mayor of the borough is called Eloy Chávez Hernández
(2019-2022) . ^[outdated]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI): Directorio Nacional de Centros Poblados - Censos Nacionales 2017 . Lima 2018, vol. 4, p. 1282 ( online ).
2. ^ Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación : Informe final . Lima 2003, Vol. 4, p. 401.

Web links

Commons : District of Villa María del Triunfo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Municipality of Villa María del Triunfo
• Peru: Region Lima (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de