Lima, the capital of Peru, is divided into forty-three districts (), which are further divided into several neighbourhoods () or, alternatively, populated centres (). Additionally, all districts are grouped into four (North, East, Centre and South), unofficial subregions that make up the province as a whole.
The city is coterminous with the province of the same name, with each district being under the administration of both a local municipal government and the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, which administers the province in its entirety.Municipalidad Lima. Municipalidad Lima . Retrieved 24 March 2008. This province, alongside that of Callao, form the Lima metropolitan area.
The urban area of Lima is generally considered to be formed by thirty of the 42 districts. The remaining thirteen districts consist of mostly rural and sparsely populated desert and mountainous areas. Of these peripheral districts, many of the coastal ones serve as beach resorts and their population, which is considerably smaller than that of the urban districts, increases during the summer months.
Districts of Lima Area and population information on the following list has been retrieved from official data by the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (, INEI).Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved on 24 March 2008. Demographic data is based on the 2005 Census, carried out from 18 July through 20 August 2005. Population density is given to one decimal place in persons per square kilometer. UBIGEO numbers are codes used by INEI to identify national administrative subdivisions. Foundation dates have been retrieved from a compilation by the Peruvian Congress published in 2000.Carmen Lozada de Gamboa, Perú: demarcación territorial, vol. II, pp. 405–414.
Name UBIGEO Population (2017) Area (km2) Created Map Lima 150101268,35221.88Ancón15010262,928299.22Ate150103599,19677.72Barranco15010434,3783.33Breña15010585,3093.22Carabayllo150106333,045346.88Chaclacayo15010742,91239.5Chorrillos150108314,24138.94Cieneguilla15010934,684240.33Comas150110520,45048.75El Agustino150111198,86212.54Independencia150112211,36014.56Jesús María15011375,3594.57La Molina150114140,67965.75La Victoria150115173,6308.74Lince15011654,7113.03Los Olivos150117325,88418.25Lurigancho150118240,814236.47Lurín15011989,195181.12Magdalena del Mar15012060,2903.61Miraflores15012299,3379.62Pachacamac150123110,071160.23Pucusana15012414,89137.83Pueblo Libre15012183,3234.38Puente Piedra150125329,67571.18Punta Hermosa15012615,874119.5Punta Negra1501277,074130.5Rímac150128174,78511.87San Bartolo1501297,48245.01San Borja150130113,2479.96San Isidro15013160,73511.1San Juan de Lurigancho1501321,038,495131.25San Juan de Miraflores150133355,21923.98San Luis15013452,0823.49San Martín de Porres150135654,08336.91San Miguel150136155,38410.72Santa Anita150137196,21410.69Santa María del Mar1501389999.81Santa Rosa15013927,86321.5Santiago de Surco150140329,15234.75Surquillo15014191,0233.46Villa El Salvador150142393,25435.46Villa María del Triunfo150143398,43370.57
See also Administrative divisions of Peru Districts of Peru
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