San Vicente de Cañete
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San Vicente de Cañete | |
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Lima | |
Province | Cañete |
District | San Vicente de Cañete |
Established | 30 August 1556 |
Government | |
• Alcalde | Segundo Constantino Díaz De la Cruz (2019-2022) |
Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
Population | |
• Estimate (2015)[1] | 85,533 |
Demonym | sanvicentino(a) |
Website | municanete.gob.pe |
San Vicente de Cañete, commonly known as San Vicente or Cañete, is a city and capital of the
The warm and peaceful town of Cañete is located just one and a half hour to the south of Lima (144 km) and serves, for tourists, primarily as a gateway to the Lunahuaná District. The Plaza de Armas lies on 2 de Mayo, a few blocks inland from the spot on the Pan-American Highway, where buses pause for passengers to get on or off. All buses heading south from Lima or north to Lima on the Pan-American Highway pass through Cañete. This is one of the most important homes of the most representative liquor from Peru: the Pisco.
Cerro Azul, Peru is a district north of the city centre San Vicente de Cañete.
The first inhabitants of these lands were the Huarcos. Later, the area was inhabited by descendants of
It also has a district called Asia which has a lot of beaches which people from Lima rent houses and there is also a mall called Sur Plaza Boulevard.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015. Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. March 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-03.