Bellavista is a
district
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of the
Constitutional Province of Callao in
Peru
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, and one of the seven districts that comprise the port city of
Callao.
The current
mayor
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of the district is Daniel Malpartida.
Geography
The district has a total land
area
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of 4.56 km
2. Its administrative center is located 34 meters above
sea level
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.
Boundaries
Bellavista is the only district in the
Callao to have an almost perfect geometrical shape, as it is a rectangle where the southern border with both the
Lima Province
Lima Province is located in the central coast of Peru and is the only province in the country not belonging to any of the twenty-five regions. Its capital is Lima, which is also the nation's capital.
Despite its small area, this province is the ...
and
La Perla is marked by Avenida Venezuela.
On the north, Avenida Oscar Benavides (formerly known as Avenida Colonial) marks the district's border with the
Callao District, which it also borders on the west in Jr. Andrés Santiago Vigil. On the east, the district ends at the Santiago Tábara Naval Hospital or the western perimeter of the
National University of San Marcos
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, where the Lima Province (or more specifically, the
Lima District
Lima is a district of Lima Province in Peru. Lima district is the oldest in Lima Province and as such, vestiges of the city's colonial era remain today in the historic centre of Lima, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and ...
) begins.
Bellavista can be divided into four sections, from west to east: Bellavista Cercado (downtown, the historical section), Ciudad del Pescador ("Fisherman City"), Jardines de Virú ("Virů Gardens"), and San Joaquín-San José.
Estadio Miguel Grau, the largest stadium in Callao Province, is located between Cercado and Ciudad del Pescador.
Demographics
According to the
2005 census by the
INEI, the district had 72,761 inhabitants, and a population density of 15,956.4 persons/km
2.
The official see of the Callao Regional Government is located in Bellavista.
External links
Municipalidad Distrital de Bellavista- City council official website
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Districts of the Callao Region