San Miguel District is one of thirteen districts of the province San Miguel in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

. San Miguel was founded by

Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess of the Atabillos (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru. Born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, Pizarro chose ...

in 1532 and is thus the oldest European town in Peru.Edward Hyams and George Ordish, ''The Last of the Incas'' (London: Longmans, 1963), 139.

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