Creation of the El Agustino district
In 1965, the district of El Agustino was created in the eastern cone of Lima, as part of the process of urban expansion and recognition of the neighborhoods formed since 1947. This district emerged in a context of accelerated demographic growth as a result of internal migration to the capital.
The district of El Agustino was created in 1965 as part of the urban expansion process of Metropolitan Lima. This district arose from the formation of shantytowns in the Eastern Cone of the city, in a context of accelerated demographic growth as a result of internal migration. The creation of the district was the result of the pressure of urban growth and the need for administrative recognition of the settlements that had been formed since 1947, when the invasion of the El Agustino slum took place. Later, during the 1970s, new sectors of slums appeared in the district, consolidating its character as a popular and peripheral area of Lima.