Pativilca
Pativilca | ||
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Coordinates | 10 ° 42 ′ S , 77 ° 47 ′ W | |
Basic data | ||
Country | Peru | |
Lima | ||
province | Barranca | |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-LIM | |
District | Pativilca | |
height | 76 m | |
Residents | 11,467 (2017) | |
Website | munipativilca.gob.pe (Spanish) | |
politics | ||
mayor | José Ernesto Godo Sarmiento (2019-2022) |
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Political party | Todos por el Perú | |
Museo Bolívariano
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Pativilca is a city in the province of Barranca in the Lima region of central western Peru . Pativilca is the seat of the district of the same name . The city had 11,467 inhabitants at the 2017 census. Ten years earlier the population was 11,398. The freedom fighter Simón Bolívar spent several months in a house in Pativilca in 1824 before going to the battles of Junín and Ayacucho . This house was furnished with historical furniture and now serves as a museum.
Geographical location
The city of Pativilca, 76 m above sea level, is 3.5 km from the Pacific coast north of the mouth of the Río Pativilca . The cities of Paramonga (4 km northwest) and Barranca (6.5 km south) are in the vicinity . Irrigated agriculture is practiced in the vicinity of the city. The national road 1N ( Panamericana ) leads west past Pativilca.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b PERU: Lima Region - Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved January 26, 2020.