Cieneguilla

Cieneguilla District
District
The church of Cieneguilla
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Cieneguilla in the Lima province
Country	Peru
Region	Lima
Province	Lima
Founded	March 3, 1970
Capital	Cieneguilla
Government
• Mayor	Emilio Chávez (2023-2026)
Area
• Total	240.33 km2 (92.79 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2023)
• Total	40,683
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	150109
Website	municieneguilla.gob.pe

Cieneguilla is one of the 43 districts that make up the Lima Province. It is located in the easternmost area of the province and is one of the few districts left that is not already completely urbanized.

Boundaries

It borders on the east with the Huarochirí Province in the Lima Region, to the south and west with the Pachacámac District, to the north with the Ate and Chaclacayo districts.

General

The main access route is a highway emanating from La Molina District. The district, founded by its first Mayor, Mr. Otakar Lukac, is found in the Lurín River valley. In this river, until the 1980s, a large amount of shrimp could be found. The Lurín River valley is the only one of the three valleys of Lima (Rimac River valley - Chillón River valley — Lurín River valley, that has not been devastated by the unregulated and unplanned urban growth of Lima. In this sense, the valley in general and Cienguilla, in particular, still have wild areas, nature, and many more attractive landscapes.

Unique Points of Interest

Cieneguilla is the headquarters of Posada de Amor, a Christian children's home.^[1]

Cieneguilla is also the home of Villa Corazón de Buda, a Buddhist temple which serves practicing Buddhists in Greater Lima.

References

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Cieneguilla
• (in Spanish) Valle Verde
• (in Spanish) Mariposas de Cieneguilla
• (in Spanish) Salvemos Cieneguilla

12°05′30″S 76°46′30″W / 12.09167°S 76.77500°W / -12.09167; -76.77500

This page was last edited on 16 December 2023, at 03:03