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is a nameplate inside the Fire Station that remembers the names of the Italian firemen who were executed by a Chilean firing squad for attempting to put out the fires and save the civilian population. From republican times, only a select group of the large old houses have survived, as the majority were destroyed by Chilean invaders.
391:, however, the hillside settlement was abandoned (few fragments exist today, most in bad condition, some endangered to disappear) and forgotten, as the Indians began to move down to shore. The resulting town of San Pedro de los Chorrillos was officially established as the District of Chorrillos on January 2, 1857. 402:
took place in the fields of San Juan, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away from the town on January 13, 1881; but after the battle, the Chilean soldiers looted, sacked and set fire to the town of Chorrillos, raped the women and killed many civilians, including foreigners, children and women. There
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grew up in Chorrillos and founded a Community Taekwondo Program for the impoverished children of "Delicias," a poor neighborhood of the district. His community program has gained the attention of Mayor
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of 38.94 km². Its administrative center is located 37 meters above
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until the late 19th century, when it was almost completely destroyed by
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The area around the Morro Solar was once a pre-Columbian town known as
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The district's territory was the setting of important episodes in the
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word for "trickle of water". The district was founded as
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grew up in Chorrillos, and that is why he is nicknamed
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District

Coat of arms of Chorrillos
Location of Chorrillos in Lima
Country
Peru
Region
Lima
Province
Lima
Mayor
Time zone
UTC-5
PET
UBIGEO
munichorrillos.gob.pe
district
Lima Province
Peru
Lima
Spanish
beach resort
Chilean
War of the Pacific
mayor
area
sea level
Morro Solar
Barranco
Santiago de Surco

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