Lima Province
Basic data | |
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State : | Peru |
Region : | region free |
Capital : | Lima |
Area : | 2,672.28 km² |
Residents : | 8,894,412 (2015 census) |
Population density : | 3,300 inhabitants per km² |
Official Website: | www.munlima.gob.pe |
politics | |
Mayor : |
Jorge Muñoz Wells (2019-2022) |
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The province of Lima is a region-free area on the Pacific coast of Peru .
The area, also called Lima Metropolitana , is identical to the Peruvian capital and does not belong to any of the country's 25 regions. It borders the province of Huaral to the north, the provinces of Canta and Huarochirí to the east, the province of Cañete to the south, and the province of Callao and the Pacific Ocean to the west .
The province is divided into 43 districts ( distritos ). Of these, 30 are in the actual city, the geographical urban area . Thirteen districts of Lima are located outside the city proper in the suburbs and rural areas. These are: Ancón, Carabayllo, Chaclacayo, Cieneguilla, Lurigancho (also Chosica), Lurín, Pachacamac, Pucusana, Punta Hermosa, Punta Negra, San Bartolo, Santa María del Mar and Santa Rosa.
The population figures in the following table refer to the census of July 18, 2005.
Districts of Lima Province | |||||
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Surname | Area in km² | population | Inhabitants per km² | ||
Ancón | 299.22 | 28,852 | 96 | ||
Ate | 77.72 | 419,663 | 5,400 | ||
Barranco | 3.33 | 35,280 | 10,595 | ||
Breña | 3.22 | 78,864 | 24,492 | ||
Carabayllo | 346.88 | 188,764 | 544 | ||
Chaclacayo | 39.50 | 39,686 | 1.005 | ||
Chorrillos | 38.94 | 262,595 | 6,744 | ||
Cieneguilla | 240.33 | 15,784 | 66 | ||
Comas | 48.75 | 451,537 | 9,262 | ||
El Agustino | 12.54 | 165.425 | 13,192 | ||
Independencia | 14.56 | 176,304 | 12,109 | ||
Jesús María | 4.57 | 58,588 | 12,820 | ||
La Molina | 65.75 | 124,468 | 1,893 | ||
La Victoria | 8.74 | 190.218 | 21,764 | ||
Lima | 21.98 | 289,855 | 13,187 | ||
Lince | 3.03 | 52.123 | 17.202 | ||
Los Olivos | 18.25 | 286,549 | 15,701 | ||
Lurigancho | 236.47 | 90,660 | 383 | ||
Lurin | 181.12 | 55,953 | 309 | ||
Magdalena del Mar | 3.61 | 48,445 | 13,420 | ||
Miraflores | 9.62 | 77,543 | 8,060 | ||
Pachacámac | 160.23 | 54,763 | 342 | ||
Pucusana | 37.83 | 9.231 | 244 | ||
Pueblo Libre | 4.38 | 71,892 | 16,414 | ||
Puente Piedra | 71.18 | 203.473 | 2,859 | ||
Punta Hermosa | 119.50 | 4,676 | 39 | ||
Punta Negra | 130.50 | 4,473 | 34 | ||
Rímac | 11.87 | 175,793 | 14,810 | ||
San Bartolo | 45.01 | 5,733 | 127 | ||
San Borja | 9.96 | 102,762 | 10,317 | ||
San Isidro | 11.10 | 55,309 | 4,983 | ||
San Juan de Lurigancho | 131.25 | 812,656 | 6,192 | ||
San Juan de Miraflores | 23.98 | 335.237 | 13,980 | ||
San Luis | 3.49 | 46,258 | 13,254 | ||
San Martín de Porres | 36.91 | 559,367 | 15,155 | ||
San Miguel | 10.72 | 124.904 | 11,651 | ||
Santa Anita | 10.69 | 160,777 | 15,040 | ||
Santa María del Mar | 9.81 | 88 | 9 | ||
Santa Rosa | 21.50 | 9,946 | 463 | ||
Santiago de Surco | 34.75 | 272,690 | 7,847 | ||
Surquillo | 3.46 | 84.202 | 24,336 | ||
Villa El Salvador | 35.46 | 367,436 | 10,362 | ||
Villa María del Triunfo | 70.57 | 355.761 | 5,041 | ||
Lima | 2,672.28 | 6,954,583 | 2,602 | ||
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática del Peru (inei2005) |