# Lurigancho-Chosica

Lurigancho-Chosica, also known simply as Chosica, is a district of Lima Province, Peru, located in the valley of the Rímac River, which it shares with neighboring Chaclacayo and Ate districts. Its capital is the town of Chosica. Its administrative center is located 861 m (2,825 ft) above sea level.
According to a 2002 estimate by the INEI, the district has 125,088 inhabitants and a population density of 529 persons/km². In 1999, there were 32,327 households in the district.
Its capital, Chosica, is located in the extreme east of the district, near the border with the Province of Huarochirí. Lurigancho counts on a Minor Populated Center inside the urban core of Lima, which is Santa María de Huachipa which is located in the extreme west of the district and adjacent to San Juan de Lurigancho. Other notable urban areas in this zone are Jicamarca and Cajamarquilla, where one of the principal zinc refineries of the country is located. In the mountain zone in proximity to the refinery is located the Jicamarca Radio Observatory.

## History

The district was created on January 2, 1857, with the town of Lurigancho (in the current San Juan de Lurigancho district, split off in 1967) as its capital. It had a population of 1248 inhabitants, most of them dedicated to agricultural activities, according to the census of 1876.

## Climate

Climate data for Ñaña (Peruvian Union University), elevation 543 m (1,781 ft), (1991–2020) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.2 (79.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.4 (75.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 13.7 (56.7) | 14.5 (58.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 14.9 (58.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.7 (0.03) | 1.1 (0.04) | 0.4 (0.02) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.7 (0.03) | 0.5 (0.02) | 0.4 (0.02) | 0.3 (0.01) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.3 (0.01) | 5.5 (0.22) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86.9 | 87.1 | 87.7 | 87.4 | 87.5 | 88.0 | 88.4 | 88.5 | 87.9 | 87.6 | 87.6 | 87.5 | 87.7 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Servicio Nacional de Certificación Ambiental para las Inversiones Sostenibles (humidity) ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Chosica (National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle), elevation 851 m (2,792 ft) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.8 (76.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.9 (66.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 18.2 (64.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.9 (69.6) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 10.9 (51.6) | 11.8 (53.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.9 (60.6) | 14.9 (58.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.7 (0.22) | 7.7 (0.30) | 6.2 (0.24) | 1.2 (0.05) | 0.2 (0.01) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.1 (0.00) | 0.2 (0.01) | 1.8 (0.07) | 23.2 (0.9) |
| Source: Plataforma del Estado Peruano ||||||||||||||

## Boundaries

* North: Huarochirí Province in the Lima Region
* East: Huarochirí Province
* South: Chaclacayo, Ate and El Agustino
* West: San Juan de Lurigancho

## Education

Colegio Peruano-Alemán Beata Imelda, a German school, is in the district.
Colegio 0058 Cusco