Surquillo

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Surquillo is a district in Lima, Peru. It is bordered by the districts of San Isidro and San Borja on the north; by Miraflores on the south and west; and by Santiago de Surco on the east.

Distrito de Surquillo
Area	3.46 km²
Population   - Total   - Density	99 144 (2002 estimate) 28 654.3/km²
Mayor	Gustavo Sierra Ortiz
Established as a district	July 15, 1949
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Due to its central position, Surquillo is a very commercially active district, hvings several businesses, most of which are hardware and construction material shops. Some car selling companies as well as Corporación Graña y Montero, one of the largest Peruvian consulting companies, are located in the district.

Although Surquillo is completely surrounded by upscale districts, it is mostly a lower-middle class district. The old town area of Surquillo is known to be dangerous and tourists are discouraged from walking there alone, as it is rife with thieves and gang violence. Nonetheless, some parts of Surquillo's residential area have lower crime rates and a higher standard of living.

Surquillo appears on the map as the combination of one trapezoidal area and the area of a triangle pointing down, with Tomás Marsano Ave. as their divider. The trapezoidal area is the old-town district, made up of nearly evenly-spaced blocks, while the inverted triangle is the new district, made of mostly residential zones with curving streets and uneven spacing between blocks. In 1983, Surquillo lost more than half of its territory, as the district of San Borja was created in the northern part of the district.

Small pre-Inca ruins, as well as a defense bulwark called Trinchera Nº 3 and located in Avenida Angamos that was used by the Peruvian Army during the War of the Pacific against Chile, can be found in Surquillo.

	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