Lima facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Lima
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San Isidro is the business area of Lima.
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Nickname(s):
Kings' City
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Motto(s):
Hoc signum vere regum est −
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Lima Province and Lima within Peru
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Country | Peru | ||
Region | autonomous | ||
Province | Lima Province | ||
Districts | 43 districts | ||
Government | |||
• Type | Mayor–council government | ||
Area | |||
• City | 2,672.3 km2 (1,031.8 sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 800 km2 (300 sq mi) | ||
• Metro | 2,819.3 km2 (1,088.5 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 0–1,548 m (0–5,079 ft) | ||
Population
(2007)
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• City | 7,605,742 | ||
• Density | 2,846.1/km2 (7,371/sq mi) | ||
• Metro | 8,472,935 | ||
• Metro density | 3,008.7/km2 (7,792/sq mi) | ||
• Demonym | Limean (Spanish: Limeño/a) | ||
Time zone | UTC−5 (PET) | ||
Website | www.munlima.gob.pe |
Lima is the capital city (where the government works), and is considered the most important and largest city of Peru. 75% of the Peruvian economy is handled in Lima. Lima is the industrial and financial center of Peru, and one of the most important financial centers in Latin America.
It is an important city of South America and the entrance to Peru. Lima is city in constant urban growth. It has a large population. Over 8 million people live in the metropolitan area, which includes Callao Seaport. Lima is the fifth largest city in Latin America, behind Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.
The city was founded by the Spanish conquistador (conqueror) Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535. He called it 'La Ciudad de los Reyes' (the City of the Kings). It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. And after the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru.
In the 1940s, Lima started a period of rapid growth, with the migration from the Andean regions of Peru, as rural people. They wanted to find better opportunities for work and education. The population, estimated at 0.6 million in 1940, reached 1.9M by 1960 and 4.8M by 1980.
Lima has developed an important tourism industry, characterized by its historic center, archeological sites, nightlife, museums, art galleries, festivals, popular traditions, and gastronomy. Lima is considered Americas's gastronomical capital.
Lima is made up of mainly Spanish speaking inhabitants with over 90% of the population speaking the language and it is made up of 43 districts, which are:
1 - Cercado de Lima
3 - Ate
4 - Barranco
5 - Brena
7 - Comas
9 - Chorrillos
10 - El Agustino
11 - Jesus Maria
12 - La Molina
13 - La Victoria
14 - Lince
17 - Magdalena del Mar
18 - Miraflores
21 - Pueblo Libre
22 - Puente Piedra
25 - Rimac
27 - San Isidro
28 - Independence
29 - San Juan de Miraflores
30 - San Luis
31 - San Martin de Porres
32 - San Miguel
33 - Santiago de Surco
34 - Surquillo
35 - Villa María del Triunfo
36 - San Juan de Lurigancho
38 - Santa Rosa
39 - Los Olivos
41 - San Borja
42 - Villa El Savador
43 - Santa Anita
Images for kids
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"The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Peru" created in 1590 by Guamán Poma and Martín de Murúa. (J. Paul Getty Museum).
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"The City of the Kings of Lima, royal high court, principal city of the kingdom of the Indies, residence of the viceroy, and archbishopric of the church", painting of 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma. Royal Library, Denmark.
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Renaissance Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, built between 1602 and 1797.
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Baroque Basilica of San Francisco, built between 1657 and 1672.
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José de San Martín during the Declaration of Independence of Peru in the Plaza Mayor de Lima, on July 28, 1821.
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Lima as seen from the International Space Station
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Lima at night from space
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Market in the Plaza of the Inquisition (Lima) by Johann Moritz Rugendas, ca. 1843.
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The Catacombs of the Basilica of San Francisco was the Old cemetery of the city during all the colonial times, until 1810. It contain bones of some 70,000 colonial people.
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Huaca Pucllana, pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the district of Miraflores
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The Rococo Casa de Osambela completed in 1805.
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Balconies were a common colonial architectural feature in the historic center. In the image the Palacio de Torre Tagle completed in 1735.
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Rococo Basilica of Santo Domingo, built between 1678 and 1766. It holds the tombs of the saints Rose of Lima, Martín de Porres and John Macias.
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Colonial Casona and Chapel of the National University of San Marcos, it is the second oldest university in the Americas.
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The Port of Callao.
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Traffic Jam in Javier Prado Avenue
See also
In Spanish: Lima para niños