DISTRICT OF LURIGANCHO - CHOSICA - DISTRITO DE LURIGANCHO - CHOSICA
Accidental circumstances and fortuitous, but impregnated of futurist vision, determined the last century by the end of, the birth of a new city, in lands of Moyopampa Property, where yergue mighty and today vigorous "Villa of the Sun"
Thus New Chosica is born the 13 of October of 1864, developed by a "Urbanizing Society Chosica" that buys six potreros with an extension of 353,534m2 of I found of Moyopampa, destined to the foundation of a town that would adopt own and modern characters in its urbanization.
It is the culmination of the yearnings and ideals of the Dr Emilio Agustín of the Lot and Mendiburu that replaced of an ailment that postró good weather in Old Chosica, watched to forge a new modern city, for which it constituted a developer, same who presided over by Don Eduardo Dawkins, sale executed the operation of purchase -, by writing N° 304, executed in the notary's office of Octavio de Oyague.
That day 13, at noon, reunited the members of the Developer New Chosica, in which it is today High Chosica, with the remarkable presence of the Dr Emilio of the Lot, was come to place the stone N° 1 of the population, the same one that would correspond to the house of its founder.
According to the draft N° 268, the salesman was Don Enrique Espinoza, owner of I found Moyopampa, that received 16.000,00 suns value of sale.
The urbanization began with the surveys of the city that were made by Mr. John James Impett, Superintendent of the Central Railroad, the minimum lots were of 1000 square meters (1000m2) and their ten cost of cent the square meter. A suspension bridge donated by Mr. Impett, soon united Old Chosica with the New one.
The city-planning development was fast and it extended to all the sectors appearing family houses and artistic villas that today the pride of Chosica constitutes. His first avenue was the one of Arequipa, because arequipeños numerous first settlers were his: Francisco Garci'a Calderón, Mariano Nicholas Valcárcel, Víctor Sanchez Benavides, the Valencia canon and others.
After two years of to have founded the new city, the Congress of the Republic gives to a new law elevating to capital of the district of Lurigancho to New Chosica, thus obtaining its political recognition by promulgated law the 9 of November of 1896 sealed by the President Don Nicholas de Piérola.
Such historical document of deep meaning for Chosica, expresses in its unique article:
"The Congress of the Peruvian Republic has given the following law:
Unique Art.. - Extiéndase the district of Lurigancho, of the province of Lima, by the right margin of the Rímac river, until the limits of the property of Moyopampa, with the province of Huarochirí, being transferred the capital from the district to the population that rises in Moyopampa, with the name of New Chosica "
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