Independencia District, Lima

'''Independencia''' is a [[Districts of Peru|district]] of the [[Lima Province]] in [[Peru]]. It is part of city of [[Lima]]. Officially established as a district on March 16, 1964, the current [[mayor]] (''[[alcalde]]'') of Independencia is Lovell Yomond Vargas. The district's [[postal code]] is '''28'''. ==Geography== The district has a total land [[area]] of 14.56 km². Its administrative center is located 130 meters above [[sea level]]. ===Boundaries=== * North: [[Comas District, Lima|Comas]] * East: [[San Juan de Lurigancho]] * South: [[Rímac District|Rímac]] and [[San Martín de Porres]] * West: [[Los Olivos District|Los Olivos]] ==Demographics== According to a [[2002]] estimate by the [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática|INEI]], Independencia has 206,843 inhabitants and a population density of 14,206.3 persons/km². In [[1999]], there were 36,999 households in the district. It is the 24th most populated district in Lima. === Mayors === *1967-1969: Victoriano García Delgadillo. *1970: Arturo Novoa Torres. *1971: Claudio Pinedo Acuña. *1971: Amadeo Gonzáles Rumiche *1971-1975: Claudio Pinedo Acuña. *1975: Emiliano Moriano Luján. *1976-1979: Luis Alvarado Díaz. *1979: Fidencio Cueva Roca. *1980: Francisco Ruiz Mencía. *1980: César Rodríguez Galindo. *1981-1983: Leoncio Vigo Loja. *1984-1989: Esther Moreno Huerta. *1990-1992: Jesús Manuel Cáceres Fanaola. *1993-1995: Jenny Jesús Olivera Olivera. *1996-1997: Roberto Vidal Vidal. *1997-1998: Néstor Pajuelo Chavarría. *1998-2002: Guillermo Chacaltana Yerén. *2003-2006: Víctor Yuri Vilela Seminario *2007-2010: Lovell Yomond Vargas. *2011-2014: Evans Rodolfo Sifuentes Ocaña. ==External links== {{Commonscat|Independencia District}} [http://www.muniindependencia.gob.pe/home.php Official district's web site] [http://historiagrafica.lima28.com Historical Graphic] {{coord missing|Peru}}