Lurigancho-Chosica is a
district
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of
Lima Province
Lima Province is located in the central coast of Peru and is the only province in the country not belonging to any of the twenty-five regions. Its capital is Lima, which is also the nation's capital.
Despite its small area, this province is th ...
,
Peru
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, located in the valley of the
Rímac River
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The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 204 km. The river begins in the highl ...
which it shares with neighboring
Chaclacayo and
Ate
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districts. It was created on January 2, 1857. Its capital is the town of Chosica. The district has a total land
area
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of . Its administrative center is located above
sea level
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.
According to a 2002 estimate by the
INEI, the district has 125,088 inhabitants and a population density of 529 persons/km². In 1999, there were 32,327 households in the district.
Its capital, Chosica, is located in the extreme east of the district, near the Huarochirí county line. Lurigancho counts on a Minor Populated Center inside the urban core of Lima, which is
Santa María de Huachipa which is located in the extreme west of the district and adjacent to
San Juan de Lurigancho. Other notable urban areas in this zone are Jicamarca and Cajamarquilla, where one of the principal zinc refineries of the country is located. In the mountain zone in proximity to the refinery is located the
Jicamarca Radio Observatory.
Boundaries
* North:
Huarochirí Province in the
Lima Region
* East: Huarochirí Province
* South:
Chaclacayo and
Ate
Ate or ATE may refer to:
Organizations
* Active Training and Education Trust, a not-for-profit organization providing "Superweeks", holidays for children in the United Kingdom
* Association of Technical Employees, a trade union, now called the Nat ...
* West:
San Juan de Lurigancho
Education
Colegio Peruano-Alemán Beata Imelda, a German school, is in the district.
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See also
* Administrative divisions of Peru
References
External links
Official municipal website (www.munichosica.pe)chosica.com
– Portal of the town of Chosica
{{Districts of Lima and Callao
Districts of Lima