Santa Catalina is a

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La Victoria District, Lima La Victoria is one of the forty-three districts that make up the province of Lima, located in Peru. It borders to the north and northeast with the district of Lima, to the east with the district of San Luis, to the southeast with the district of ...

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. Originally an Ichma settlement, it is currently an area inhabited by

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families, making it the best consolidated area of the district, where it is the epicenter of construction for many real estate companies. Likewise, it is where the tallest residential buildings in Lima are located. It is considered the safest and best looking area in the district.

History

In its beginnings, Santa Catalina was mostly corn fields, and along with neighbouring Balconcillo, it belonged to the Miraflores district. In 1906, after these two areas were founded as an ''urbanisation'', they were annexed to the district of Lima. However, in 1920, when the district of La Victoria was created, both urbanisations ended up being annexed to this new district. Throughout the 20th century, Santa Catalina housed houses of a medium-high socioeconomic level, which continues to this day. Some time later, in the year 2000, it was proposed in

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that Santa Catalina would be separated from La Victoria, and together with the urbanisations of Balconcillo, Monte Carmelo, La Pólvora, Túpac Amaru and Apolo they would form a new district. Where, from north to south, it would start from México Avenue to

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. And from west to east, from Paseo de la República avenue to San Luis, Nicolás Arriola, Aviación and Luis Aldana avenues. However, the project was shelved after the presidential vacancy process against

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, that same year. Currently, the urbanisation has had a change in zoning, going from two or three-storey houses to residential buildings of 7 to 37 floors. Likewise, new business buildings have been located. Which led to a large part of the area being modernised and assimilated to its surrounding districts such as San Borja and San Isidro.

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{{reflist Neighbourhoods in Lima La Victoria District, Lima 1906 establishments in Peru

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