{{Short description|District in Lima, Peru}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Santa Anita | native_name = | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish --> | settlement_type = [[Districts of Peru|District]] | image_skyline = District sign Peru Lima Santa Anita.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = BanderaSantaAnita.png | flag_alt = | image_shield = COA Santa Anita District in Lima Province.png | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = Map of Lima highlighting Santa Anita.PNG | mapsize = frameless | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Santa Anita 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 = 1 populated center | established_title = Founded | established_date = October 25, 1989 | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = Santa Anita | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Olimpio Alegría<br><small>(2023-2026)</small> | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 10.69 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 195 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{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|232739}} | 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 = 150137 | website = [http://www.munisantanita.gob.pe munisantanita.gob.pe] | footnotes = }} '''Santa Anita''' is a [[Districts of Peru|district]] of the [[Lima Province]] in [[Peru]]. It is part of city of [[Lima]]. Officially established as a district on October 25, 1989, from parts of [[Ate District|Ate]] and [[El Agustino]] separated by the ''Rio Surco'', a ditch which went all the way to [[Santiago de Surco]].
The current [[mayor]] (''[[alcalde]]'') of Santa Anita is Olimpio Alegría Calderón. The district's [[postal code]] is '''43'''. The core sections of Santa Anita are: Santa Anita proper, originally a section of Ate; and Los Ficus and Universal, originally sections of El Agustino. Industrial areas to the east of Santa Anita and Universal mark the boundary with Ate.
==Geography== The district has a total land [[area]] of 10.69 km<sup>2</sup>. Its administrative center is located 195 meters above [[sea level]].
===Boundaries=== * North: [[El Agustino]] * East: [[Ate District|Ate]] * South: Ate * West: El Agustino
==Demographics== According to a 2002 estimate by the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática|INEI]], the district has 154,359 inhabitants and a population density of 14,439.6 inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>. In 1999, there were 27,908 households in the district.
== See also == * [[Administrative divisions of Peru]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commonscat}} * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.munisantanita.gob.pe Municipal website]
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