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* North: [[Jesús María District|Jesús María]] and [[downtown Lima]]
* North: [[Jesús María District|Jesús María]] and [[downtown Lima]]
* East: [[La Victoria District, Lima|La Victoria]]
* East: [[La Victoria District, Lima|La Victoria]]
* South: [[Magdalena del Mar]]
* South: [[San Isidro]]
* West: [[San Isidro District|San Isidro]]
* West: [[San Isidro and Jesus Maria]]


==Demographics==
==Demographics==

Revision as of 17:44, 22 April 2006

Lince is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is part of city of Lima.

Location in the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area
Location in the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area

Officially established as a district on May 29, 1936, the current mayor (alcalde) of Lince is César Darío González Arribasplata. The district's postal code is 14.

Geography

The district has a total land area of 3.03 km². Its administrative center is located 117 meters above sea level. The three main sections of Lince are the West Side (also known as Lobatón), the East Side (both sides are separated by Avenida Arenales), and San Eugenio, southeast of the East Side facing the Paseo de la República Expressway.

North to South, Lince follows the block numbering started in Santa Beatriz section of downtown Lima and its parallel in Jesús María, however, there are a few north-south avenues that do not have a Santa Beatriz counterpart, particularly on the East Side.

Boundaries

Demographics

According to a 2002 estimate by the INEI, the district has 70,968 inhabitants and a population density of 23,421.8 persons/km². In 1999, there were 16,907 households in the district.