Lurín District

Lurín District

Infobox District Peru
district = Lurín




image_size =
image_caption =
cofarms = COA Lurín District in Lima Province.png

region =
province = Lima
capital = Lurín
elevation = 9
hamlets =
ubigeo = 150119
pop = 55,953 (2005 census)
density = 308.9
area = 181.12
founded = January 2, 1857
mayor = Juan Jorge Marticorena Cuba
web = www.munilurin.gob.pe

The Peruvian district of Lurín is one of the 43 that make up the Lima Province.

Boundaries

It borders on the north with the districts of Pachacamac, Villa María del Triunfo, and Villa el Salvador, to the east also with the Pachacamac District, to the south with Punta Hermosa, and to the west with the Pacific Ocean.

General Information

It was created on January 2, 1857, and since then it has been an agricultural district as it is located in the center of the Lurín river valley. It has a few beaches which receive tourists during the summer months (December-March) principally from the city of Lima which it is gradually being incorporated into. Important Peruvian social clubs are located in this district, principially one of the two most popular football clubs in Peru: Alianza Lima and Universitario de Deportes.

See also

*Cono Sur
*Lima Metropolitan Area


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