Miraflores District, Lima
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Miraflores is an affluent district of Lima, Peru. It is bordered by the districts of San Isidro on the north, Surquillo on the northeast, Santiago de Surco on the southeast, Barranco on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
| Distrito de Miraflores | |
|---|---|
| Area | 9.62 km² |
| Population - Total - Density | 92 815 (2002 estimate) 9648.1/km² |
| Mayor | Fernando Andrade |
| Established as a district | January 2, 1857 |
| Image:Map of Lima highlighting Miraflores.PNG | |
It is known for its shopping areas, gardens, and flower-filled parks. It also has its beaches, part of the "Costa Verde" area, which draw thousands of beach-goers and surfers in summertime. Wind providing, paragliders launch from the coastal ridge for a ride between the sea and the tall buildings in the malecón.
The district is also a cultural center, with theaters, cinemas and art galleries. It also has a pre-Inca mud-brick temple called the Huaca Pucllana, one of a number of archaeological sites found in Lima. The district teems with cafés, pubs, restaurants and shops, and its parks and gardens attract thousands of Lima inhabitants every Sunday who congregate to visit art exhibitions, take in open-air concerts and visit flea markets. Larcomar, a shopping mall overlooking the Pacific coast, is located in Miraflores, and is very popular among tourists, young people and people of the medium-to-upper-class socioeconomic levels. They have restaurants, stores, a food court, ice cream shops, arcades, bowling alleys, nightclubs, bars, and the most modern cinema in all of Lima.
The Calle de las Pizzas ("Pizza Street") in downtown Miraflores, a favourite among Lima's teenagers and young adults, has many pubs which every weekend are filled with people.
During the War of the Pacific, the district was the scenary of the Battle of Miraflores. Two thousand people died as a result and the district was sacked and burned by Chilean invaders.
The Universidad Científica del Sur is located in Miraflores.
External link
- Municipalidad de Miraflores - Miraflores district council official website (in Spanish)
- [1] - Larcomar official website
| Image:Lima coat of arms.png | Districts of the Lima Province | |
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| Districts |
Ancón | Ate | Barranco | Breña | Carabayllo | Chaclacayo | Chorrillos | Cieneguilla | Comas | El Agustino | Independencia | Jesús María | La Molina | La Victoria | Lima | Lince | Los Olivos | Lurigancho | Lurín | Magdalena del Mar | Miraflores | Pachacamac | Pucusana | Pueblo Libre | Puente Piedra | Punta Hermosa | Punta Negra | Rímac | San Bartolo | San Borja | San Isidro | San Juan de Lurigancho | San Juan de Miraflores | San Luis | San Martín de Porres | San Miguel | Santa Anita | Santa María del Mar | Santa Rosa | Santiago de Surco | Surquillo | Villa El Salvador | Villa María del Triunfo | |
