Villa María del Triunfo is a
district
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of the
Lima Province in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It is located in the
Cono Sur area of the city of
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...
.
It was officially established as a district on December 28, 1961. The current
mayor
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(''
alcalde
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'') of Villa María del Triunfo is Eloy Chávez Hernández.
Geography
The district has a total land
area
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of 70.57 km
2. Its administrative center is located 158 meters above
sea level
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.
Boundaries
* North:
La Molina
* East:
Pachacámac
* South:
Villa El Salvador
Villa El Salvador is an urban, largely residential coastal district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. It borders the district of Chorrillos on the east; the Pacific Ocean on the southwest; Lurín on the southeast; Villa María del Triunfo on the ...
and
Lurín
* West:
San Juan de Miraflores
Demographics
According to a 2002 estimate by the
INEI, the district has 329,057 inhabitants and a population density of 4662.8 persons/km
2. In 1999, there were 71,889 households in the district.
According to Propoli (http://www.propoli.org/quehacemos.htm) :
the principal economic activities in the region are timber, restaurants, footwear, clothing, metalworking, tourism.
Undernourishment rate is 14.76%
Population without access to drinking water is 34.05%
Population without electricity is 22.9%
See also
*
Administrative divisions of Peru
*
List of mayors of Villa María del Triunfo District
Notes
External links
*
Official district's web site
Shanty towns in South America
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