San Juan de Miraflores is one of the forty-three districts that make up the province of Lima, located in the department of the same name, in Peru.

In the early 80's, people from Cuzco, Ayacucho, Pasco, and many of the other departments that were under the attack of terrorists chose San Juan and Villa El Salvador as their new home.

Today, the houses are a hodgepodge of building materials, most in a state of continual construction as residents can afford each additional brick.

In just the last couple of years the mayor of Lima has launched an extremely successful program to build concrete staircases, or "escapers", into the hillsides, replacing the treacherous paths and dramatically improving the living conditions of residents.

These staircases are distinctively painted yellow, with bright blue signs, and neighborhood residents are hired by the city to build them.

Usually, these new zones are well known because of its highly interest of being better every day, since most of the owners are the people, who worked most of their lives (and still do) in Ciudad de Dios' Market.

There are the urban spaces of San Luis, 28 de Julio, El Brillantes, Malvinas, Alfonso Ugarte, Miguel Grau, Leoncio Prado, Nazareno, San Francisco de la Cruz, Buenos Milagros, Los Laureles, Virgen del Buen Paso, Ollantay, Rinconada, Nueva Rinconada, among others.

This last urban settlement was described in a thesis developed in 2000.13 Likewise, the northern area of Pamplona Alta was historically recognized as a place of hills.

It is in the central part of the district, in a strip that runs parallel between Los Héroes and Defensores de Lima avenues.

Its full name is Urbanización Popular Ciudad de Dios, which is organized internally into zone A and K. The housing modules were delivered (through sale) in 1958.

4 or María Auxiliadora Zone, is located in the southern part of the district, with sandy and salty terrain, starting on Miguel Iglesias Avenue to the left.

5 or Pampas Zone of San Juan, located in the southern part of the district, covers an approximate area of 350 hectares of rugged terrain and wastelands of sandy and salty consistency.