Lince District

{{Short description|District of Lima, Peru}}{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}{{Infobox settlement | name = Lince | settlement_type = [[Districts of Peru|District]] | image_skyline = Estàtua de Joan Pau II a Lince, Lima.jpg | image_caption = Eastern view of César Vallejo Avenue | image_flag = Bandera de Lince.png | flag_alt = | image_shield = COA Lince District in Lima Province.png | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = Map of Lima highlighting Lince.PNG | mapsize = frameless | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Lince in the [[Lima Province|Lima]] province | coordinates = {{coord|12|06|S|77|03|W|region:PE_type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Peru]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Peru|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Lima Region|Lima]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Peru|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Lima Province|Lima]] | parts_type = [[Subnational entity|Subdivisions]] | parts_style = para | p1 = 1 populated centre | established_title = Founded | established_date = {{dts|1936|05|29}} | seat_type = Capital | seat = Lince | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Malca Schnaiderman | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3.03 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 117 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Sin_nombre-rHCU-1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.minsa.gob.pe/reunis/data/poblacion_estimada.asp|title=Estadística Poblacional - Ministerio de Salud del Perú}}</ref> | population_total = {{commas|63854}} | population_as_of = 2023 | population_density_km2 = 18231,68 | population_note = | timezone1 = [[Time in Peru|PET]] | utc_offset1 = -5 | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 150116 | website = [http://www.munilince.gob.pe munilince.gob.pe] | footnotes = }} '''Lince''' is a [[List of districts of Lima|district of Lima]], [[Peru]]. It is the smallest district of the city,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Este es el distrito más grande y el más pequeño de Lima |date=2025-01-16 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/respuestas/trends/cual-es-el-distrito-mas-grande-y-pequeno-de-lima-la-respuesta-te-sorprendera-tdpe-noticia-2/ |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]}}</ref> having been officially separated from [[Miraflores District, Lima|Miraflores]] and [[San Isidro District, Lima|San Isidro]] on May 29, 1936.

== Etymology == The district is named after the [[hacienda]] of the same name. Its former name, Lince y Lobatón, included the name of another hacienda. The territory of both estates became the district in the 20th century.<ref name=Lince-gob>{{Cite news |title=Historia del distrito de Lince |date=2024-01-14 |url=https://www.gob.pe/13530-historia-del-distrito-de-lince |work=[[Gob.pe]]}}</ref>

== History == The district is partially located in what was once known as Guatca. The name applies to both a chieftainship ({{lang|es|curacazgo}}) where [[maize]], [[cotton]], [[sugarcane]] and olives wer cultivated, and a pre-Columbian irrigation ditch that took water from the [[Rímac River]] to today's districts of Lince, [[San Isidro District, Lima|San Isidro]], and [[Miraflores District, Lima|Miraflores]]. A local [[huaca]], known as Limatambo (''Limac Tampu''), was demolished to build a school in the area.<ref name=Lince-gob/>

Following the establishment of the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]], the land belonged to the Convent of Santa Teresa de Jesús, after which it was acquired and renamed ''Fundo Lince'' after its new owner, the Spaniard Fernando de Lince Chávez de la Rota. Lince married María Mercedes Ramos, with whom he had four children, all members of the clergy. Following Lince's death, the estate was sold to Diego de Aliaga, Martín Cosme, Pedro de Abadía and José Santos Arismendi, who used slave labour to work the land.<ref name=Lince-gob/>

In 1825, the land was acquired by citizens of the new Peruvian Republic. The estate's former workers built homes for their families, and the area's population gradually began to grow. In the 1920s, siblings Roberto and Manuel Risso purchased the Lince and Lobatón estates, being succeeded by the Brescia family. In 1916, Fernando Dodero registered the area's population, numbered at 16,000, establishing a committee for progress. The construction of [[Arequipa Avenue]] in 1921 contributed to the district's growth.<ref name=Lince-gob/>

The district was created through Legislative Resolution No. 8281 of May 18, 1936, divided into three neighbourhoods ({{lang|es|urbanizaciones}}): Lince, Lobatón and Escuela de Agricultura. The district began to operate as a district on October 10, 1945, with {{ill|Juan Velásquez Gamarra|es}} serving as mayor.<ref name=Lince-gob/>

== Geography == The district encompasses 3.03 km² of land. Its administrative center is located 117 meters above sea level. The three main sections of Lince are the West Side (also known as Lobatón), the East Side (both sides are separated by [[Avenida Arenales]]), and San Eugenio, southeast of the East Side facing the [[Paseo de la República|Luis Bedoya Avenue and Expressway]].

North to South, Lince follows the block numbering started in Santa Beatriz section of [[Lima District]] and its parallel in [[Jesús María District, Lima|Jesús María]], but there are a few north-south avenues that do not have a [[Santa Beatriz]] counterpart. [[Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital]] is a common area with [[Jesús María District, Lima|Jesús María]], particularly on the East Side.

Although not commonly known, Lince has a great concentration of [[Art Deco]] architecture, comparable in density and style to the highly appreciated Art Deco architecture of the South Beach district of [[Miami Beach]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]]. Many of these art deco buildings in Lince (including homes, businesses, nad schools) are well maintained and have endured little modification from their original design in the late 1930s. The area, however, is not yet regarded as a tourism district nor as a historic preservation area.

==Demographics== According to a 2002 estimate by the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática|INEI]], the district has 70,968 inhabitants and a population density of 23,421.8 persons/km². In 1999, there were 16,907 households in the district.

<gallery> Image:NSSCLince.JPG|Procession of the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]]. Image:Parque del bombero.jpg|Fireman's park in Lince inaugurated in 1947 by Juan R. Velasquez, first mayor of Lince. </gallery>

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==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.munilince.gob.pe/ Official district's web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830051619/http://www.munilince.gob.pe/ |date=August 30, 2009 }}

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