San Isidro District (Lima)
The district of San Isidro is one of the forty-three districts that make up the province of Lima, located in the department of the same name, in Peru. It limits to the north with the districts of Jesús María, Lince and La Victoria; to the east with the district of San Borja; to the south with the districts of Surquillo and Miraflores; and to the west with the Pacific Ocean and the district of Magdalena del Mar.
With a population of 60,735 inhabitants in 2017, San Isidro occupies the 14th place in the human development index of the districts of Peru in 2019. Without However, it continues to be within the top three positions in Lima districts where it is more expensive to purchase a home, land or apartment. It is inhabited by families of high socioeconomic level. San Isidro is the financial center of Lima; The main economic items that present a high activity are trade and services.
History
During the Viceroyalty of Peru, when the first distribution of land was made, the Huallas region was awarded to Nicolás de Ribera y Laredo, founder of the City of Kings and the Cabildo of Lima.
In 1560, Antonio de Ribera, attorney general, mayor and field teacher of Gonzalo Pizarro, brought the first olive trees that gave rise to the Bosque del Olivar. This estate, before taking the name of its owner, the Count of San Isidro, who acquired it in 1777, carried that of its previous owners, including Martín Morón, Pedro de Olavarrieta, Tomás de Zumarán and Antonio del Villar. Its last colonial owner was Isidro de Cortázar y Abarca, Count of San Isidro and first ordinary mayor of Lima.
In 1853 it passed into the hands of José Gregorio Paz Soldán y Ureta and, finally, into the hands of the Moreyra y Paz Soldán family.
In 1920 the Compañía Urbanizadora San Isidro Limitada was formed, entrusting the urbanization project to the sculptor Manuel Piqueras Cotolí, who conceived a varied and irregular plan with the desire to achieve a picturesque neighborhood and surely with the illusion that it would present a architecture of a certain unity and character.
The first urbanization extended around the El Olivar Forest along Los Conquistadores Avenue and the oval of the 28 block of Arequipa Avenue. Within the same park, 41 blocks of various sizes were separated for sale, with an area of 22400m2. In 1924, the Orrantia urbanization was authorized, which constituted an important neighborhood with a first-class avenue, such as Avenida Javier Prado. In 1925 the Country Club urbanization was created, with the hotel and the polo field respectively, which formed another center of gravity of the district.
Subsequently, the urbanizations of San Isidro, Orrantia and Country Club are segregated from Miraflores and come to form the new district created by Decree Law No. 7113 of April 24, 1931 and whose first council was installed on May of the same year, being its first mayor Alfredo Parodi.
The population of 1931 was 2131 inhabitants; and the 1940 census yielded a figure of 8,778 residents.
On December 17, 1996, members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador, located in the district. The kidnapping lasted until April 22, 1997, when an Armed Forces commando released the hostages.
San Isidro has become one of the most thriving districts, undergoing a process of urban development during the 1980s and 1990s that turned it into the financial center of the city of Lima.
Border Conflict
The district of San Isidro has had a territorial dispute with the district of Magdalena del Mar for more than 50 years, which includes 42 blocks delimited by Av. Salaverry, Av. Juan Aliaga and Av. Sánchez Carrión.
In the area there have been multiple conflicts between security personnel from both districts, due to the difference between the names of the streets and the intervention of public spaces. In the year 2022, the elected candidates of both districts, Francis Allison and Nancy Vizurraga They promised to talk with the authorities to achieve a peaceful treaty on border problems. There is still no definitive solution from the Metropolitan Planning Institute or the Congress of the Republic.
Financial Center
San Isidro is the financial district of Lima, which houses the headquarters of the largest banks in the country such as Banco de Crédito del Perú, Interbank, Banco de la Nación, Banco Continental, MiBanco, HSBC, Citibank, Banco Inter-American Finance, Banco Pichincha, Banco de Comercio, Banco GNB and Scotiabank.
The district is also home to the largest insurance companies, including Rimac Seguros, Mapfre Peru, Interseguro, Pacífico Seguros, and La Positiva.
In addition, several other companies and department stores have their headquarters in San Isidro, including Entel, Saga Falabella, Claro, BDO Consulting & Outsourcing, Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, KPMG, GSK, Banco Falabella, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura, Anglo American, Petroperú, Bristol Myers Squibb, Tottus, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ripley, 3M, Brahma, Novartis, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, among others.
Other institutions, such as CONFIEP, the International Finance Corporation and COFIDE, are also established in the district.
Urban landmarks and structure
The district of San Isidro has an enormous amount of green areas. The El Olivar Forest in this town has several hectares planted with olive trees more than four centuries ago, some of which were planted by San Martín de Porres and was declared a National Monument in 1959. El Olivar is a park that stands out for being a great lung for the city It is home to the San Isidro Municipal Library (the most complete[citation required] and with the greatest cultural activity of the municipal libraries in Lima) and the lagoon, in addition to being one of the residential areas of the district that are maintained today.
In San Isidro there are headquarters of important Peruvian social clubs such as the Lima Golf Club, the Real Club of Lima, the British Phoenix Club, the Banking and Commerce Club, the Business Club, among others. Manor houses abound around these clubs, although in recent decades residential buildings of more than 50 meters have been erected, making it one of the most modern districts in the city of Lima. It should be noted that the residential buildings around the Lima Golf Club are settled in the manner of Central Park in New York, which is perhaps a unique case in Latin America.[citation required]< /sup>
San Isidro has various hotels, important shopping centers and several other convention and leisure centers. The most emblematic are the Country Club Lima Hotel, the Royal Park Hotel, the Swissôtel, the Los Delfines Hotel, the Westin Libertador Hotel, the Camino Real Shopping Center, among others.
San Isidro has a great cultural activity, with several theaters, art galleries, bookstores and a house of culture. Various municipal programs and cultural events are also carried out that make use of public spaces.[citation required]
The following statistical information gives us a global idea of its current development:
- 57 embassies, consulates, consulates fees and diplomatic residences, including those of Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Finland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Sweden, France, Luxembourg, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Monaco, Slovenia, Serbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia
- 2 huacas of pre-Hispanic origin: Huallamarca huaca and Santa Cruz huaca.
- 21 main banks, 5 banking agencies, 5 pension fund administrators and 6 broker companies.
- 9 5-star hotels and 34 hostels from other categories, 34 restaurants and 15 night entertainment centers, which significantly promotes tourism in the district.
- Tens of monuments, ornamental sculptures and fountains of water, in homage to the proceres of independence, national heroes and illustrious figures of the district and intellectuals who stood out in the lyrics, in the sciences and in the arts.
- Important Catholic churches such as Our Lady of the Pilar parish, parish of the Miraculous Medal, Our Lady of Bethlehem parish and parish of Saint Mary Reyna, in addition to the Sephardic synagogues, Ashkenazi and Jabad-Lubavitch and temples of other religious faiths.
Educational centers
- It has large private and state educational facilities. Among the private schools are the Sacred Hearts of Bethlehem, St. Augustine, St. Ursula, Mary Queen Marianists, Santa Rosa, Leo Pinelo, Sacred Hearts Queen of Peace, Our Lady of Light, Sacred Heart Sophianum, Isabel Flores de Oliva and the state Isabel la Católica, 1065 Maria Reiche and Alfonso Ugarte. The district also has one of the headquarters of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences and the Graduate and Specialization Unit in Stomatology of the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia.
Tourist attractions
- Forest El Olivar
- Fundación Biblioteca-Museo Temple Radicati (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)
- Huaca Huallamarca and site museum
- Huaca Santa Cruz
- Museo Marina Núñez del Prado
Sports complex
- It also has a municipal sports complex near the popular Costa Verde with tennis courts, football, a gym and infrastructure for the practice of other disciplines. The Peruvian Golf Federation is also located within the district.
Authorities
Municipals
- Mayor:
- Nancy Vizurraga Torrejón
- Regiers:
- Gustavo Alfredo Pablo Reátegui Rosselló
- Lily Antonieta Eugenia Morey Morzán
- Julio César Martín Isidro Avanzini Allan
- María del Rosario Fernández Revoredo
- Miguel Augusto Grados Iturrizaga
- Nicole Chávez Cunti
- María Esperanza Puig Salaverry
- María Pia Valcárcel Cornejo
- Zuleika Vannessa Benel Zevallos
Police
- Commissioner: PNP Commander Raúl Díaz Salcedo
Religious
- Our Lady of the Pilar
- Párroco: Pbro. Francisco Javier Salas, C. P.
- Parish Santa Monica
- Párroco: Pbro. Raúl Pereira Castro, Diocesan.
- Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
- Párroco: José Antonio Ubillús Lamadrid, C. M.
- Parish Santa Maria Reina
- Párroco: R. P. Victor Müller Bull, S. M.
Transportation
Metropolitan
- Aramburú Station: Located in Av. Paseo de la República with Av. Arambuus.
- Canaval Station and Moreyra: Located in Av. Paseo de la República with Av. Canaval and Moreyra.
- Javier Prado Station: Located in Av. Paseo de la República with Av. Javier Prado Este.
Festivities
- April: Anniversary of foundation.
- October: Tribute to Our Lady of the Pilar.
- November: Tribute to the Lord of the Miracles. The images of the Lord of the Miracles and the Virgin of the Cloud are venerated in the Santa Monica Parish during the month of October and come out in procession on the first or second Sunday of November from the temple of the Santa Monica Parish.
Twinned cities
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea (Broward County, Florida, USA)
Huacho (Provincia de Huaura, Departamento de Lima, Peru)
Bahía Blanca (Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina)- District of Catacaos (Province of Piura, Department of Piura, Peru)
- Surquillo District (Province of Lima, Peru)
Geographic location
| Northwest: Jesus | North: Lince | Northeast: Victoria |
| West: Magdalena del Mar |  | This: San Borja |
| Southwest: Pacific Ocean | South: Miraflores | Sureste: Surquillo |
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