Surquillo
Sign in to saveSurquillo is a district of Lima, Peru. The district is bordered by the districts of San Isidro and San Borja on the north; by Miraflores on the south and west; and by Santiago de Surco on the east.
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- Surquillo
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- District
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- Parque Reducto 5 en Surquillo.png
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- General view of Redoubt Park
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- Map of Lima highlighting Surquillo.PNG
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- frameless
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- Location of Surquillo District in Lima Province
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- Lima
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- Province
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- Lima
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- Founded
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- July 15, 1949
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Surquillo is a district of Lima, Peru. The district is bordered by the districts of San Isidro and San Borja on the north; by Miraflores on the south and west; and by Santiago de Surco on the east.
== Name == In times past, this part of Lima was already known as the "Chacras de Surquillo". At present, the exact origin of this name has not yet been found, although it is believed that the name "Surquillo" is a diminutive of Surco. After the founding of Lima in 1535, Francisco Pizarro found, apart from the curacazgo of Lima, other lordships and chiefdoms in the area, such as Rimactampu, Maranga, Carabayllo, Lurigancho, Linche, Surquillo and Surco. According to the researcher and historian of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Juan Luis Orrego Penagos, the origin of the name Surquillo comes from the viceregal era, when a community of indigenous people emerged in this place that bore similarities to the town of Santiago de Surco. As a result of this, the authorities began to refer to the new settlement as Surquillo.