Judicial District of Lima
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The Judicial District of Lima is one of the 28 Judicial Districts of the Judicial System of Peru.
It's headquarters is in the city of Lima and its jurisdiction extends to 35 of the 43 Districts of Lima. Those eight districts not under the jurisdiction of the Judicial District of Lima are the districts of Independencia, San Martín de Porres, Comas, Los Olivos, Puente Piedra, Ancón, Santa Rosa, and Carabayllo. It has jurisdiction over the Huarochirí Province in the Lima Region as well.
It was created by the decree of August 4, 1824 and was established December 22, 1824 under the presidency of Simón Bolívar. It is the Judicial District with the most operations in the whole nation.
