Chaclacayo

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Chaclacayo is a district of the Lima Province in Peru.

1 Location
2 Geography
3 Name
4 Main attractions
5 Neighborhoods
6 Miscellaneous
7 External links

[edit] Location

Chaclacayo is located in the 27th km at the Carretera Central, main road starting in Lima urban center all the way up to the East.

[edit] Geography

Chaclacayo is a city at the valley of the Rimac river that runs from the Peruvian Andes peruanos to the Pacific Ocean.

[edit] Name

It is derived from the aymara word that means "At the foot of the carrizo". The "carrizo" is a plant that grows at the Rimac's riverside.

[edit] Main attractions

Places to visit in Chaclacayo are without doubt the Parque Central, the central park of the district. Around the park there are a few landmarks: a well-known bakery, an evangelical church and a bazaar.

The Chaclacayo district council.

[edit] Neighborhoods

Urban Context

La Floresta
Alfonso Cobian
Vírgen de Fátima de Morón
Huascata
Miguel Grau
Villa Rica
Santa Rosa
Villa Mercedes
Santa Ines
Los Cóndores
Los Angeles

Residential Clubs

El Cuadro
Los Cóndores

[edit] Miscellaneous

The peculiar shape of the district have made some think of Huampaní and Ñaña as being part of it. However they belong to the neighboring district of Lurigancho.

[edit] External links

	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