San Andrés District

San Andrés is a district in middle Pisco Province in Peru. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, districts of Pisco and Tupac Amaru Inca on the north, Ica Province on the east, and the Paracas District on the south.

San Andrés
District
Coat of arms
Country	Peru
Region	Lima
Province	Pisco
Founded	October 19, 1900
Capital	San Andrés
Subdivisions	15 populated centers
Government
• Mayor	Juan Enrique Vergara Matta (2007-2010)
Area
• Total	39.45 km2 (15.23 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	14,134
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
Website	munisanandres.gob.pe

Since the 1840s, the exploitation of the guano islands off the coast of the city of Pisco, brought as a consequence the arrival of crew members of ships of various nationalities, that is how, in the 1860s, Juan Falkoni ( Arguyani) Albanidis, a Greek sailor, takes Joaquina de la Cruz, a Peruvian from the area, as his wife, and they build their house in the location of the current district of San Andrés, (this house exists in the current location of Calle Grecia 110 in front of the plaza of arms and Greek atrium). Being this the first construction, and naming the first street with the name of Greece, later other immigrants settled down, all of them Greek sailors, such as Pedro Gkikas, Carassopoulos, Juan Comninos, Batikiota Kanelos, Francisco Penagos, Constantino, who also took native Peruvian women as wives and started the Greek Colony of San Andrés, that was the first foundation of the current town. Years later, Pedro Yika Briceño would be the first Mayor of the district.  It is currently a prosperous district.  It has a main square and many important streets duly paved.

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de San Andrés
• (in Spanish) Pisco Tour