San Miguel District is one of thirteen districts of the province San Miguel in Peru.[1] San Miguel was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1532 and is thus the oldest European town in Peru.[2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ Edward Hyams and George Ordish, The Last of the Incas (London: Longmans, 1963), 139.


7°00′02″S 78°51′05″W / 7.0006°S 78.8514°W / -7.0006; -78.8514

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