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Location of Comas in Lima | |||
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Country | Peru | ||
Region | Lima | ||
Province | Lima | ||
Founded | January 2, 1857 | ||
Capital | La Libertad | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Miguel Ángel Saldaña Reátegui | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 48.75 km2 (18.8 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 140 m (459 ft) | ||
Population (2005 census) | |||
• Total | 464,745 | ||
• Density | 9,533.2/km2 (24,691/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | PET (UTC-5) | ||
UBIGEO | 150110 | ||
Website | municomas.gob.pe |
Comas is a district in City of Lima; located in the North Side ( Cono Norte ) area of the city, it's one of the most populous districts in Peru's capital and the Province of Lima.
Its current mayor is Miguel Ángel Saldaña Reátegui. The district's postal code is 7.
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Comas has a total land area of 48.75 km². Its administrative center is located 140 meters above sea level.
According to 2005 census, conducted by the INEI, Comas has 464,745 inhabitants, a population density of 9,533.2 persons/km² and 100,950 households.
During its first years of existence, Comas was a pueblo joven. Comas humble beginnings were a direct result of the many organized invasions, led by immigrants from the highlands during the 1970s. Most of these peasants arrived from the regions of Junín and Huacanvelica in the central sierra of Peru.
Comas was one of the poorest districts in Lima, until recently when it developed into a middle class residential district.
There are 3 main roads serving the district: Avenida Túpac Amaru, Avenida Universitaria and the Chillón-Trapiche Highway.
Coma's economy, infrastructure, and civil society has grown at an extreme fast pace in the last decade. It boasts a large middle-class and has grown immensely from the pueblo joven of its not so distant past. Spite of this visible progress, it's still exhibiting vast swathes of new pueblos jovenes growing around the area that is today's Comas.
The only civil aviation school in Peru is located in Comas, in the Aeroclub de Collique.
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Districts | |
Central Lima | Breña · La Victoria · Lima · Rimac |
South Central Lima | Barranco · Jesús María · La Molina · Lince · Magdalena · Miraflores · Pueblo Libre ·San Borja · San Isidro · San Miguel · Santiago de Surco · Surquillo |
Cono Este | Ate · Cieneguilla · Chaclacayo · El Agustino · Lurigancho (Chosica) · San Juan de Lurigancho · San Luis · Santa Anita |
Cono Norte | Ancón · Carabayllo · Comas · Independencia · Los Olivos · Puente Piedra · San Martin de Porres · Santa Rosa |
Cono Sur | Chorrillos · Lurín · Pachacamac · Pucusana · Punta Hermosa · Punta Negra · San Bartolo · San Juan de Miraflores · Santa María del Mar · Villa el Salvador · Villa María del Triunfo |
Callao | Bellavista · Callao District · Carmen de la Legua Reynoso· La Perla · La Punta · Ventanilla |