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A very Commercially active district, Surquillo has several businesses, most of which are Hardware and construction material shops. Some car selling companies as well as Corporación Graña Y Montero , one of the largest Peruvian consulting companies, are located in the district. Although Surquillo is completely surrounded by upscale districts, it is mostly a lower- Middle Class district. The old town area of Surquillo is known to be dangerous and tourists are discouraged from walking there alone, as it is rife with thieves and Gang violence. Nonetheless, some parts of Surquillo's Residential Area have lower Crime Rate s and a higher Standard Of Living . Surquillo appears on the map as the combination of one Trapezoid al area and the area of a Triangle pointing down, with Tomás Marsano Ave. as their divider. The trapezoidal area is the old-town district, made up of nearly evenly-spaced blocks, while the inverted triangle is the new district, made of mostly residential zones with curving streets and uneven spacing between blocks. In 1983 , Surquillo lost more than half of its territory, as the district of San Borja was created in the northern part of the district. Small pre- Inca ruins, as well as a defense bulwark called ''Trinchera Nº 3'' and located in Avenida Angamos that was used by the Peruvian Army during the War Of The Pacific against Chile , can be found in Surquillo. |