La Merced is a town of Peru. It is the capital of Chanchamayo Province in the Junín region. The City Population register treats it as a single urban locality (a centro poblado) in the Junín department. The register places it within the Chanchamayo district. City Population, which tabulates results of Peru's national statistics institute INEI, counts 25,154 residents at the 22 October 2017 census, 21,885 at the 2007 census, 19,888 at the 1993 census. Its calculated figure for 30 June 2022 is 26,200. It is one of the Peruvian cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants that the same page lists by department, where the census columns are counts and the 2022 column is a calculation made from adjusted census figures and INEI district projections.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Sources
1. citypopulation.de: City Population (citypopulation.de): Peru
citypopulation.deCities table, 2017 census, La Merced
25,154 26,200
Part Of: Peru, Cities table, La Merced
La Merced [ in: Chanchamayo district ] Loc JUN 19,888 21,885 25,154 26,200 0
On Continent: South America, Cities table, La Merced
La Merced [ in: Chanchamayo district ] Loc JUN 19,888 21,885 25,154 26,200 0
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Cities table, La Merced
La Merced [ in: Chanchamayo district ] Loc JUN 19,888 21,885 25,154 26,200 0
View the Source 2. La Merced, Junín (Wikipedia)
Geography
at an elevation of 751 m above sea level
History
The place was founded about 1884 by Jose Manuel Pereira
View the Source3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, southamerica zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone America/Lima, standard offset -5:00Quote, Zone America/Lima, standard offset -5:00
America/Lima
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