Comas District, Lima

Comas District, Lima
Comas
—  District  —

Coat of arms
Location of Comas in Lima
Coordinates: 11°56′S 77°4′W / 11.933°S 77.067°W / -11.933; -77.067Coordinates: 11°56′S 77°4′W / 11.933°S 77.067°W / -11.933; -77.067
Country  Peru
Region Lima
Province Lima
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital La Libertad
Government
 - Mayor Miguel Ángel Saldaña Reátegui
Area
 - Total 48.75 km2 (18.8 sq mi)
Elevation 140 m (459 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 - Total 464,745
 - Density 9,533.2/km2 (24,691/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 150110
Website municomas.gob.pe

Comas is a district in City of Lima; located in the North Side ( Cono Norte ) area of the city, it's one of the most populous districts in Peru's capital and the Province of Lima.

Its current mayor is Miguel Ángel Saldaña Reátegui. The district's postal code is 7.

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Geography

Comas has a total land area of 48.75 km². Its administrative center is located 140 meters above sea level.

Boundaries

Demographics

According to 2005 census, conducted by the INEI, Comas has 464,745 inhabitants, a population density of 9,533.2 persons/km² and 100,950 households.

History

A street in Comas in 1992

During its first years of existence, Comas was a pueblo joven. Comas humble beginnings were a direct result of the many organized invasions, led by immigrants from the highlands during the 1970s. Most of these peasants arrived from the regions of Junín and Huacanvelica in the central sierra of Peru.

Poverty

Comas was one of the poorest districts in Lima, until recently when it developed into a middle class residential district.

Transport and communications

There are 3 main roads serving the district: Avenida Túpac Amaru, Avenida Universitaria and the Chillón-Trapiche Highway.

Today

Coma's economy, infrastructure, and civil society has grown at an extreme fast pace in the last decade. It boasts a large middle-class and has grown immensely from the pueblo joven of its not so distant past. Spite of this visible progress, it's still exhibiting vast swathes of new pueblos jovenes growing around the area that is today's Comas.

The only civil aviation school in Peru is located in Comas, in the Aeroclub de Collique.

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