Editing Lima (section)

==Subdivisions==
{{Main|List of districts of Lima}}

[[File:Metropolitan_Lima.png|thumb|<span style="color:Red;">'''Downtown Lima'''</span><br />[[Cono Norte|<span style="color:SaddleBrown;">'''Northern Lima'''</span>]]<br />[[Cono Sur (Lima)|<span style="color:ForestGreen;">'''Southern Lima'''</span>]]<br />[[Cono Este|<span style="color:DarkOrange;">'''Eastern Lima'''</span>]]|alt=]]
Lima is made up of thirty-one densely populated districts, each headed by a local mayor and the Mayor of Lima, whose authority extends to these and the twelve outer districts of the Lima province.

The city's [[Historic Center of Lima|historic center]] is located in the [[Lima District|Cercado de Lima]] district, locally known as simply Lima, or as "El Centro" ("Center"). It is home to most of the vestiges the colonial past, the Presidential Palace ({{langx|es|Palacio de Gobierno|links=no}}), the [[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima|Metropolitan Municipality and]] ({{langx|es|Consejo municipal metropolitano de Lima|links=no}}), [[Barrio Chino (Lima)|Chinatown]] and dozens of hotels, some operating and some defunct, that cater to the national and international elite.

The upscale [[San Isidro District, Lima|San Isidro District]] is the city's financial center. It is home to politicians and celebrities. San Isidro has parks, including [[El Olivar, Peru|Parque El Olivar]], which is home to [[olive]] trees imported from Spain during the seventeenth century. The Lima Golf Club, a prominent [[country club|golf club]], is located within the district.

Another upscale district is [[Miraflores District, Lima|Miraflores]], which has luxury hotels, shops and restaurants. Miraflores has parks and green areas, more than most other districts. Larcomar, a shopping mall and entertainment center built on cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, featuring bars, dance clubs, movie theaters, cafes, shops, boutiques and galleries, is also located in this district. Nightlife, shopping and entertainment center around [[Miraflores Central Park|Parque Kennedy]], a park in the heart of Miraflores.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vivatravelguides.com/south-america/peru/lima/miraflores/miraflores-activities/parque-kennedy/ |title=Parque Kennedy – Miraflores – Top Rated Peru City Parks |publisher=Vivatravelguides.com |access-date=16 September 2011}}</ref>

[[La Molina District|La Molina]], [[San Borja District|San Borja]], [[Santiago de Surco]] -home to the American Embassy and the exclusive Club Polo Lima – are the other three wealthy districts. The middle class districts in Lima are [[Jesús María District, Lima|Jesús María]], [[Lince District|Lince]], [[Magdalena del Mar]], [[Pueblo Libre]], [[San Miguel District, Lima|San Miguel]] and [[Barranco District|Barranco]].

The most densely populated districts lie in Northern and Southern Lima, where the suburbs of the city begin (Spanish: [[Cono Norte]] and [[Cono Sur (Lima)|Cono Sur]], respectively) and they are mostly composed of Andean immigrants who arrived during the mid- and late- 20th century looking for a better life and economic opportunity, or as refugees of the country's internal conflict with the [[Shining Path]] during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the case of Cono Norte (now called [[Cono Norte|Lima Norte]]), shopping malls such as Megaplaza and Royal Plaza were built in the [[Independencia District, Lima|Independencia]] district, on the border with the [[Los Olivos District]] (the most residential neighborhood in the northern part). Most inhabitants are [[middle class|middle]] or [[lower middle class]].

[[Barranco District|Barranco]], which borders [[Miraflores District, Lima|Miraflores]] by the Pacific Ocean, is the city's bohemian district, home or once home of writers and intellectuals including [[Mario Vargas Llosa]], [[Chabuca Granda]] and [[Alfredo Bryce Echenique]]. This district has restaurants, music venues called "peñas" featuring the traditional folk music of coastal Peru (in Spanish, "música criolla") and Victorian-style chalets. Along with Miraflores it serves as the home to the foreign nightlife scene.