Miraflores District, Lima

The city got its present name (meaning “look at the flowers”) because of the nearly year-round bougainvillea bloom, even in the mid-16th century, when it was still an Inca village.{{Cite web |title=Miraflores {{!}} Location, History, Description, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Miraflores |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}

File:Huaca Pucllana Miraflores Lima PE.jpg, Miraflores]]

Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, Miraflores was one of the locations inhabited by members of the ancient Lima culture, which preceded the Inca Empire. The Huaca Pucllana (formerly Hispanicized as Juliana) serves as its only remaining remnants in the district, originally much larger in size.{{Cite web |title=Plan de Desarrollo Local Concertado del Distrito de Miraflores: 2017 - 2021 |url=https://www.miraflores.gob.pe/Gestorw3b/files/pdf/9708-21538-Plan%20de%20Desarrollo%20Local%20Concertado%20-%20Final.pdf |website=Municipalidad de Miraflores |page=35, 68–69}}

Once Spanish rule was established, the area became part of the district of Magdalena Vieja. Established as San Miguel de Miraflores, it takes its name from the Miraflores Charterhouse, having become a district on {{dts|1857|01|02}} under the presidency of Ramón Castilla and containing a number of estates (Armendáriz, Balconcillo, Barboncito, La Palma, Conde San Isidro, Lince, Limatambo, Santa Cruz and Chacarilla), as well as the lands at Leuro and Ocharán.

Miraflores was the site of encounters between José de San Martín and Viceroy Pezuela that took place during the Peruvian War of Independence, on {{dts|1820|09|24}}. During the War of the Pacific, the district was the site of the eponymous battle, where two thousand people died as a result and the district was sacked and burned by the Chilean Army. In 1898, it was limited to the north by the lands of the Surquillo estate, to the west by Bellavista street, to the east by the railroad tracks that reached Lima and to the south by the first blocks of Larco and Porta streets.

As the city of Lima grew, Miraflores was absorbed into its metropolitan area during the early 20th century. Prior to the 1920s, its territory included the current districts of La Victoria (1920), San Isidro (1931), Lince (1936), part of Santiago de Surco (1944), Surquillo (1949), San Luis (1968) and San Borja (1983).

During the 1940s, the Iglesia Matriz Virgen Milagrosa was built next to the district's central park,{{Cite web |url=https://www.miraflores.gob.pe/la-ciudad/iglesias-y-templos/ |title=Iglesias y Templos |website=Municipalidad de Miraflores}} replacing the original San Miguel de Miraflores Church.{{Cite news |title=Miraflores: realizan misa al aire libre en los exteriores de parroquia La Virgen Milagrosa y con presencia de feligreses |date=2020-11-26 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/sucesos/miraflores-realizan-misa-al-aire-libre-en-los-exteriores-de-la-parroquia-la-virgen-milagrosa-y-con-presencia-de-feligreses-covid-19-coronavirus-nndc-noticia/ |work=El Comercio}}

On {{dts|1992|07|16}}, during the era of terrorism, a street in the district was targeted in a terrorist attack perpetrated by the Shining Path, which led to a crackdown on Peruvian insurgent groups, culminating in the group's leader being captured on September of the same year.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

The district has a total land area of 9.62 km². Its administrative center is located 79 meters above sea level.

Boundaries

• North: San Isidro and Surquillo
• East: Surquillo and Santiago de Surco
• South: Barranco and Santiago de Surco
• West: Pacific Ocean

The district is divided into 50 neighborhoods ({{langx|es|urbanizaciones}})

Climate

Miraflores has a marine climate, characterized by mild, humid, and comfortable conditions. Temperatures oscillate from {{convert|13|°C|°F|abbr=on}} to {{convert|18|°C|°F|abbr=on}} in winter, and from {{convert|20|°C|°F|abbr=on}} to {{convert|30|°C|°F|abbr=on}} in summer. Low clouds are frequent, especially during winter, when morning drizzles are not uncommon. Heavy rain is almost unseen.

According to the 2017 national census done by the INEI, the district has 99,337 inhabitants and a population density of 10,326 persons per km² (26,744 persons per sq mile). Miraflores has a high Human Development Index at 0.986 and the lowest population living below the poverty line in Lima at 1.80%."[http://www.miraflores.gob.pe/_contenTempl1.php?idpadre=4951&idhijo=4972&idcontenido=5398 Informacion General] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220231010/http://www.miraflores.gob.pe/_contenTempl1.php?idpadre=4951&idhijo=4972&idcontenido=5398 |date=2018-02-20 }}" INEI. Retrieved on 16 September 2017. Along with its northern neighbor, San Isidro, Miraflores is inhabited primarily by upper-class residents and is consistently listed as one of the most expensive districts in the country.

File:Develación de busto y homenaje a José Matías Delgado prócer salvadoreño en el parque Centroamérica (9).jpg at Centroamérica Park.]]

The district has a pre-Inca mud-brick temple called the Huaca Pucllana, one of a number of archeological sites found in Lima.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Miraflores had 128 private schools and 12 public schools in 2010.

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• List of mayors of Miraflores District
• List of upscale shopping districts

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• {{In lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20190605221305/https://www.miraflores.gob.pe/ Municipalidad de Miraflores] – Miraflores District Council official website

{{Geographic location

| Northwest = San Isidro

| North = San Isidro

| Northeast = Surquillo

| West = San Isidro

| Center = Miraflores

| East = Santiago de Surco

| Southwest = Pacific Ocean

| South = Pacific Ocean

| Southeast = Barranco

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{{Districts of Lima and Callao}}

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