Comas District, Lima


Comas is a district in the City of Lima located in the North Side area of the city. It is one of the most populous districts in Peru's capital, and in the Province of Lima.
Its current mayor is Raul Diaz Perez.

Geography

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

Boundaries

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

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 is one of the poorest districts in Lima, recently Comas has been developed into a low-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

In the last decade Comas' economy, infrastructure, and social structure has grown at a very fast pace. It boasts a large middle-class, and has grown from a pueblo joven" in a very short period of time. However, in 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 was located in Comas, at the Aeroclub de Collique''.