Central Lima
Central Lima, Peru comprises the districts of Lima, Breña, Jesús María, Lince, La Victoria, San Luis, El Agustino and Rímac.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Lima Metropolitan Cathedral
Photo: Wasiwatana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Basilica Metropolitan Cathedral of Lima and Primate of Peru, otherwise Lima Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the Plaza Mayor of downtown Lima, Peru.
Legislative Palace
Public building
Photo: Wikiperuvian, Public domain.
The Legislative Palace of Peru is the seat of the Congress of Peru, located on the second block of Jiron Ayacucho, on the Plaza Bolivar, in Lima, the capital of Peru.
Palacio de Torre Tagle
Museum
Photo: Miguelrueda7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palacio de Torre Tagle is a building built during the colonial era of Peru that currently serves as the main headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru.
Central Lima
- Type: Locality with 268,000 residents
- Description: district of Peru
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Lima, Lima region, Peru, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.0555° or 12° 3' 20" southLongitude
-77.02637° or 77° 1' 35" westPopulation
268,000Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)Open Location Code
57V4WXVF+RFGeoNames ID
8351059Wikidata ID
Q3031413Central Lima Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: مديرية ليما
- Aymara: Lima jisk'a t'aqa suyu
- Catalan: Districte de Lima
- Cebuano: Lima (distrito)
- Cebuano: Lima
- Chinese: 利馬區
- Danish: Lima
- Dutch: Lima
- English: Lima/Central
- English: Lima
- English: Lima District
- Esperanto: Distrikto Lima
- Esperanto: Distrikto de Lima
- French: Lima
- French: district de Lima
- Galician: Distrito de Lima
- German: Distrikt Lima
- German: Lima
- Hebrew: מחוז לימה
- Hebrew: מרכז העיר
- Hungarian: Lima körzet
- Italian: Lima
- Italian: distretto di Lima
- Japanese: リマ地区
- Portuguese: Lima
- Quechua: Cercado de Lima
- Quechua: Distrito de Lima
- Quechua: Lima distritu
- Quechua: Limaq listritu
- Spanish: Cercado de Lima
- Spanish: Distrito de Lima
- Swedish: Lima
- Distretto di Lima
In the Area
Central Lima is situated close to the neighbourhoods Barrio Chino and Barrio Chirimoyo.
- Agrupación Familiar Miguel GrauNeighbourhood
- Barrio ObreroNeighbourhood
- Barrio CocharcasNeighbourhood
- Barrios AltosQuarter
- Urbanización Barrios AltosNeighbourhood
- Quinta Las NievesNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Central Lima. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.