The Javier Prado Avenue ( es, Avenida Javier Prado) is one of the main avenues of

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, capital of

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. By its length it is the second largest avenue of the city, after the Universitaria Avenue. It goes from west to east, going through the districts of

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, San Isidro, Lince, La Victoria, San Borja,

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and La Molina along 135 blocks. It is divided into two segments: ''East Javier Prado'' from the Arequipa Avenue until its end in the Ate District (This last section is called ''Prolongación Javier Prado'') with a total of 101 blocks, and ''West Javier Prado'' from the Arequipa Avenue until its beginning in the

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in the Magdalena del Mar district, with a total of 34 blocks. The Arequipa Avenue is used as a point of separation of both segments. Its name comes from the Peruvian philosopher

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, son of the President

Mariano Ignacio Prado Mariano Ignacio Prado Ochoa (December 18, 1825 – May 5, 1901) was a Peruvian army general who served as the 16th (1865 - 1868) and 21st (1876 - 1879) President of Peru. Biography Born in Huánuco on December 18, 1825, he studied in Huanuco an ...

, who governed Peru during the War of the Pacific. Javier Prado, however, was a relevant political figure at the beginning of the 20th century, he even ended up being the Rector of the National University of San Marcos. The Javier Prado Avenue is the fourth most congested street in Lima, and has 29 public transport routes using it.

Trivia

* In 1968, the

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Luis Bedoya Reyes Luis Fernán Bedoya Reyes (20 February 1919 – 18 March 2021) was a Peruvian Christian Democrat Party (Peru), Christian Democrat (PDC) and Christian People's Party (Peru), Christian People's Party (PPC) politician who served as the List of may ...

built the first phase of the

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, which ended in the Javier Prado Avenue.

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