Villa El Salvador
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| Villa el Salvador | |
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 Location of Villa el Salvador in the Lima Province |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Province | Lima |
| Founded | June 1, 1983 |
| Capital | Villa El Salvador |
| Area | |
| Area Elevation |
35.46 km2 175 metres (574 ft) |
| Population (as of the 2005 Census) | |
| Population - Total - Density |
367,436 10,362/km² |
| Mayor | Jaime Alejandro Zea Usca |
| UBIGEO | 150142 |
| Official website | |
| www.munives.gob.pe | |
Villa El Salvador (VES) is an urban, largely residential district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. It borders the district of Chorrillos on the east; the Pacific Ocean on the southwest; Lurín on the southeast; Villa María del Triunfo on the east and San Juan de Miraflores on the north.
It began as a shantytown in the vast, empty sand flats to the south of Lima in 1970 because of the urgent housing needs of immigrant families who had left the sierra of Peru. Villa El Salvador evolved into a huge urban zone, largely self-organizing, for which it won some fame. Largely through the efforts of its inhabitants, the neighborhood was supplied with electricity, water, and sewage.
Villa El Salvador served as the home base for the activist María Elena Moyano, who helped organize the Federación Popular de Mujeres de Villa El Salvador (Fepomuves), a federation of women, which grew to encompass activities such as public kitchens, health committees, the Vaso de Leche program (which supplied children with milk), income-generating projects, and committees for basic education. Moyano was killed by members of the Shining Path, which used Villa El Salvador as a base in Lima.
Since June 1, 1983, Villa El Salvador has been formally (by law №23605) established as a district within the Lima Province. In 1987, the community received a Prince of Asturias Award in recognition of its achievements. Villa El Salvador is twinned with Rezé, France and, since 2006, with Tübingen, Germany.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Municipalidad de Villa El Salvador – Villa El Salvador district council official website
- (Spanish) Friends of Villa El Salvador – history, maps, photographs, music, tourism, news, documents, bibliography, etc.
- (Spanish) Portal of Villa El Salvador – news, people, images, music, places, documents, descriptions, etc.
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| Districts | |
| Central Lima | Breña · La Victoria · Lima · Rimac · |
| Residential Lima | Barranco · Jesús María · La Molina · Lince · Magdalena · Miraflores · Pueblo Libre ·San Borja · San Isidro · San Miguel · Santiago de Surco · Surquillo |
| Cono Este | Ate · Cieneguilla · Chaclacayo · El Agustino · Lurigancho (Chosica) · San Luis · Santa Anita |
| Cono Norte | Ancón · Carabayllo · Comas · Independencia · Los Olivos · Puente Piedra · San Juan de Lurigancho · San Martin de Porres · Santa Rosa |
| Cono Sur | Chorrillos · Lurín · Pachacamac · Pucusana · Punta Hermosa · Punta Negra · San Bartolo · San Juan de Miraflores · Santa María del Mar · Villa el Salvador · Villa María del Triunfo |
| Callao | Bellavista · Callao District · Carmen de la Legua Reynoso· La Perla · La Punta · Ventanilla District |
