El Agustino is a
district
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of the
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 the ...
in
Peru
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. It is part of city of
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
.
Officially established as a district on January 6, 1965, the current
mayor
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(''
alcalde
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'') of El Agustino is Víctor Modesto Salcedo Ríos. The district's
postal code
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is 10.
Geography
The district has a total land
area
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of 12.54 km². Its administrative center is located 197 meters above
sea level
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. Originally the boundary with Ate was marked by the ''Río Surco'' irrigation ditch, but in 1989 the eastern part of El Agustino (east of the El Agustino hill, which gave the district its name) broke away to form Santa Anita district with the Santa Anita section of Ate and surrounding areas.
Boundaries
* North:
San Juan de Lurigancho
San Juan de Lurigancho (SJL) is a district in Lima, Peru, located in the area known as ''Cono Este''.
It is Peru's most populous district, with a current population that may exceed one million.
On the north, it is bordered by the districts of ...
and
Lurigancho
* East:
Ate and
Santa Anita
* South: Ate,
San Luis,
La Victoria
* West:
Downtown Lima
Lima is a district of Lima Province in Peru. Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and ...
Demographics
According to a 2002 estimate by the
INEI, the district has 166,177 inhabitants and a population density of 13,251.8 persons/km². In 1999, there were 32,910 households in the district. It is the 25th most populated district in Lima.
References
External links
Municipalidad Distrital de El Agustino- El Agustino District Council Official Website
Districts of Lima
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