Pachacámac District

{{Short description|District in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pachacámac | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = [[Districts of Peru|District]] | image_skyline = Pachacamac.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Pachacámac]] archaeological site | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = COA Pachacamac District in Lima Province.png | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = Map of Lima highlighting Pachacamac.PNG | mapsize = frameless | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Pachacámac in the [[Lima Province|Lima]] province | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|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 = 11 populated centers | established_title = Founded | established_date = January 2, 1857 | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = Pachacamac | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Enrique Cabrera<br> <small>(2023-2026)</small> | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 160.23 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 75 | 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|153189}} | population_as_of = 2023 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = [[Time in Peru|PET]] | utc_offset1 = -5 | blank_name_sec1 = [[UBIGEO]] | blank_info_sec1 = 150123 | website = [http://www.munipachacamac.gob.pe munipachacamac.gob.pe] | footnotes = }} '''Pachacámac''' is one of 43 [[Districts of Peru|districts]] of the [[Lima Province]] in [[Peru]]. The capital of the district is the village of Pachacámac. Its main asset is the archaeological Inca site [[Pachacámac]].

==Geography== The district is located in the southern part of the Lima province at an elevation of 75m.

===Boundaries===

* North: [[La Molina District|La Molina]], [[Ate District|Ate Vitarte]] and [[Cieneguilla District|Cieneguilla]]. * East: [[Cieneguilla District|Cieneguilla]] and [[Huarochirí Province]]. * South: [[Lurín District|Lurín]] * West: [[Villa María del Triunfo]] ==History== Pachacámac was first encountered by [[Hernándo Pizarro]] on January 30, 1530, while on his quest for gold and his search for a location of a new capital. In 1573, the city of Santísimo Salvador de Pachacámac was founded. In 1857, Pachacámac was founded as a republican district.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Pachacamac Municipality, [http://www.munipachacamac.gob.pe/historia.html History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022044624/http://www.munipachacamac.gob.pe/historia.html |date=2007-10-22 }}, Retrieved October 31, 2007.</ref>

==Political division== The district is divided into 11 populated centers ({{langx|es|Centros Poblados}}):

* Pachacámac * Puente Manchay * Tambo Inga * Pampa Flores * Manchay Alto Lote B * Invasion Cementerio * Manchay Bajo * Santa Rosa de Mal Paso * Cardal * Jatosisa * Tomina

==Capital== The capital of the Pachacámac district is the village of '''Pachacámac'''.

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Pachacámac District (Manchay Bajo), elevation {{convert|148|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Jan high C = 26.9 |Feb high C = 27.8 |Mar high C = 27.5 |Apr high C = 25.9 |May high C = 23.2 |Jun high C = 20.5 |Jul high C = 19.5 |Aug high C = 19.2 |Sep high C = 19.8 |Oct high C = 21.5 |Nov high C = 23.0 |Dec high C = 25.1 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 22.6 |Feb mean C = 23.4 |Mar mean C = 23.1 |Apr mean C = 21.5 |May mean C = 19.4 |Jun mean C = 17.6 |Jul mean C = 16.8 |Aug mean C = 16.4 |Sep mean C = 16.7 |Oct mean C = 18.0 |Nov mean C = 19.3 |Dec mean C = 21.1 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 18.2 |Feb low C = 19.0 |Mar low C = 18.8 |Apr low C = 17.1 |May low C = 15.5 |Jun low C = 14.7 |Jul low C = 14.1 |Aug low C = 13.6 |Sep low C = 13.7 |Oct low C = 14.5 |Nov low C = 15.6 |Dec low C = 17.0 | year low C = | Jan humidity = 82 | Feb humidity = 81 | Mar humidity = 81 | Apr humidity = 79 | May humidity = 84 | Jun humidity = 87 | Jul humidity = 87 | Aug humidity = 88 | Sep humidity = 87 | Oct humidity = 84 | Nov humidity = 81 | Dec humidity = 80 | year humidity = | source 1 = Plataforma del Estado Peruano<ref name=GOB.PE>{{cite web | url = https://www.ana.gob.pe/sites/default/files/publication/files/1_estudio_hidrologico_cuenca_rimac_-_volumen_i_-_texto_-_final_2010_0.pdf | title = Estudio Hidrológico y Ubicación de la Red de Estaciones Hidrométricas en la Cuenca del Río Rímac | publisher= Ministerio de Agricultura | access-date = 16 June 2024}}</ref> }}

== See also == * [[Administrative divisions of Peru]]

==References== <references/>

==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018030737/http://www.munipachacamac.gob.pe/ Official web site]

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