Huaycan
Sign in to saveThe urban community of Huaycán (officially named Comunidad Urbana Autogestionaria de Huaycán) is a town of Lima, Peru, located in Ate District, approximately 16.5 kilometres east of Lima. It is home to thousands of immigrant settlers from different parts of Peru, looking to improve their standard of living and job opportunities in the city of Lima.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Huaycán
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- Catedral de Huaycán - Catedral de la Diócesis de Chosica.jpg
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- Huaycan Cathedral by Roman Catholic Diocese of Chosica
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- Bandera_de_Huaycán.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo_de_Huaycán.png
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- Peru
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- bottom
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- Location in Peru
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- Country
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- Region
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- Lima Region
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- Province
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- Lima Province
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- District
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- Ate District
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- Founded
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- July 15, 1984
- Settlement.population_total
- 160 000
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Huaycán District
- Sites of interest
- Presidents and General Secretaries
- Gallery
- References
- External links
The urban community of Huaycán (officially named Comunidad Urbana Autogestionaria de Huaycán) is a town of Lima, Peru, located in Ate District, approximately 16.5 kilometres east of Lima. It is home to thousands of immigrant settlers from different parts of Peru, looking to improve their standard of living and job opportunities in the city of Lima.
Huaycán is also a notable archaeological site. It has a population of over 160,000 inhabitants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huaycan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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