The Alejandro Villanueva Stadium is located near the housing project Hooch in the southern part of La Victoria.

Industry began to grow in 1889, when the Italian Bartolomé Boggio and the American Enrique Price founded the Santa Catalina Fabric Factory.

The area of the district located north of Mexico Avenue is primarily commercial;[5] in it the Gamarra Emperium stands out, which is the headquarters of the largest textile industry in Lima and has numerous stores, shopping centers and clothing workshops mainly in the vicinity of Agustín Gamarra Street.

To the south of Avenida México, residential areas of a medium-high socioeconomic level are predominant, such as Balconcillo and Santa Catalina.

[7] Among its most important educational centers are the Pedro A. Labarthe, Felipe Santiago Salaverry, Sagrada Familia, Paul Harris and Isabel La Católica national schools.

A place of interest in the district is the Calvetti house located at the intersection of Hipólito Unanue and Iquitos Avenue.