LA VICTORIA

quarter and district of the Lima-Callao metropolitan area of Peru, south of downtown Lima. It is mainly residential, with slums in the north, pueblos jvenes (young towns), or squatter settlements, in the east, and middle-income housing in the south. The district is the site of Peru's largest wholesale and retail market area, near which are many light industries. La Victoria houses thousands of highland migrants who pour into Lima each year. Institutions include the Workers' Hospital, the Principal Polytechnic, and the National Psychopedagogic Institute. Pop. (1990 est.) district, 325,319.