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Distrito de Carabayllo
Area km²
Population
  - Total
  - Density

148.634 (2002 estimate)
148.674/km²
Mayor
Established as
a district
1821
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The Peruvian district of Carabayllo is one of the 43 districts that make up the Province of Lima. It is located in the Cono Norte area of the province.

Boundaries

It borders to the north and east with the Canta Province in the Lima Region, the south with the Comas district and the San Juan de Lurigancho district, and to the west with the Puente Piedra and Ancon districts.

Created around the times of independence, Carabayllo is a zone of recent expantion to the city. The principal road connecting the district to the rest of the metropolis is the Tupac Amaru Avenue. It is at an altitude of 238 meters above sea level. Its social economic level is principally made up of middle and lower middle classes.

See also


Districts of the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area

Lima 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
Callao Bellavista | Callao | Carmen de la Legua Reynoso | La Perla | La Punta | Ventanilla

 


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