Villa El Salvador
1547105
198654937
2008-03-16T16:43:19Z
86.68.21.111
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{{Infobox District Peru
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|district = Villa el Salvador
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|map = [[Image:Map of Lima highlighting Villa el Salvador.PNG]]
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|cofarms = COA Villa El Salvador District in Lima Province.png<!--Coat of arms image-->
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|region =
|province = [[Lima Province|Lima]]
|founded = [[June 1]], [[1983]]
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|capital = Villa El Salvador
|elevation = 175
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|ubigeo = 150142
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|pop = 367,436
|density = 10,362
|area = 35.46
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|mayor = Jaime Alejandro Zea Usca
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|web = www.munives.gob.pe
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'''Villa El Salvador (VES)''' is an urban, largely residential [[district]] on the outskirts of [[Lima]], [[Peru]]. It borders the district of [[Chorrillos]] on the east; the [[Pacific Ocean]] on the southwest; [[Lurín District|Lurín]] on the southeast; [[Villa María del Triunfo]] on the east and [[San Juan de Miraflores]] on the north.
It began as a shantytown in the vast, empty sand flats to the south of Lima in 1970 because of the urgent housing needs of immigrant families who had left the [[sierra]] of Peru. Villa El Salvador evolved into a huge urban zone, largely self-organizing, for which it won some fame. Largely through the efforts of its inhabitants, the neighborhood was supplied with electricity, water, and sewage.
Villa El Salvador served as the home base for the activist [[María Elena Moyano]], who helped organize the ''Federación Popular de Mujeres de Villa El Salvador'' (Fepomuves), a federation of women, which grew to encompass activities such as public kitchens, health committees, the ''Vaso de Leche'' program (which supplied children with milk), income-generating projects, and committees for basic education. Moyano was killed by members of the [[Shining Path]], which used Villa El Salvador as a base in Lima.
Since [[June 1]], [[1983]], Villa El Salvador has been formally (by law №23605) established as a district within the [[Lima Province]]. In 1987, the community received a [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]] in recognition of its achievements. Villa El Salvador is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with [[Rezé]], [[France]] and, since 2006, with [[Tübingen]], [[Germany]].
==External links==
*{{es icon}} [http://www.munives.gob.pe/ Municipalidad de Villa El Salvador] – Villa El Salvador district council official website
*{{es icon}} [http://www.amigosdevilla.it/ Friends of Villa El Salvador] – history, maps, photographs, music, tourism, news, documents, bibliography, etc.
*{{es icon}} [http://www.portalves.org/ Portal of Villa El Salvador] – news, people, images, music, places, documents, descriptions, etc.
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