I visited the Lima temple on a trip down there. Lima is a huge city not only in numbers but geographically as well. The temple is one of those crazy ones (Boise and Dallas) where they tried to model it after the tent like tabernacles described in the Bible. These temples have the six free standing spires. Very odd buildings and actually quite small. I heard they added on to the Lima temple but it still isn't big enough.
Anybody know how many members constitutes a 'temple district'? My guess is they easily have sufficient numbers in Lima for a second temple despite huge inactivity.
They should build the new one out west in Callao - one of the nastiest parts of the city. It can then be a 'light' unto the area. The temple there now is in La Molina - a very well to do area.
I feel for these Peruvian Mormons - they are part of the identity heist that ChurchCo continues to push down there. The teaching that they are "blood descended" of the House of Israel is so damaging. But I don't think a lot of them understand the ruse. It's sad.
Actually there are 42 stakes in Lima plus other 23 stakes from other cities through the country. Recently the Trujillo Peru temple was dedicated, and another emple was announced 3 years ago to be built in Arequipa, to the south of the country, but apparently they are not enough
The Temple actually is too small due the number of people, there are lots of people waiting to get into he Temple. The temple district is actually bigger thna the Provo temple.