Creation of Comas and Independencia districts

During the 1970s, Lima experienced its greatest peripheral growth, with new districts being created as a result of the formation of shantytowns in the Northern, Southern and Eastern Cones. In the Northern Cone, the districts of Comas and Independencia were created as a result of the pressure of urban growth and the expansion of shantytowns. While in 1940 there were 23 districts in the province of Lima, the 1961 census recorded 7 additional districts, and during the 1970s this process accelerated significantly. The 1981 census recorded a total of 39 districts in Metropolitan Lima as a result of the physical expansion of the city and the subdivision of former districts.