Chanchamayo District
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Chanchamayo District is one of six districts
of the province Chanchamayo
in Peru
. Its capital city is La Merced
.
Districts of Peru
The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments...
of the province Chanchamayo
Chanchamayo Province
Chanchamayo is a province in northern Junín Region, in central Peru.The province's name derives from the Chanchamayo River, whose source is in the Andean Sierra and flows northwards becoming the Perené River....
in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Its capital city is La Merced
La Merced, Junín
La Merced or Chanchamayo is the capital of the Chanchamayo Province in the Junín Region in Peru.-Location:La Merced is situated on , as the crow flies 75 km east of the regional capital Huancayo-Junín and 220 km northeast of the country's capital Lima, at an elevation of 751 m above sea...
.