La Merced
La Merced is a town in Southern Sierra, it is the capital of the Chanchamayo Province in the Junín Region, Peru.
- Type: Town with 24,600 residents
- Description: Peruvian city
- Also known as: “La Merced, Junín”
La Merced
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Chanchamayo District, Chanchamayo, Junín Region, Southern Sierra, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-11.0561° or 11° 3′ 22″ south
Longitude
-75.3283° or 75° 19′ 42″ west
Population
24,600
Elevation
750 metres (2,461 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PE LMC
Open location code
57W6WMVC+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“La Merced” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “La Merced”
- Chinese: “拉梅尔塞德”
- Chinese: “拉梅爾塞德”
- Dutch: “La Merced”
- French: “La Merced”
- German: “La Merced”
- Italian: “La Merced”
- Lithuanian: “La Mersedas”
- Portuguese: “La Merced”
- Quechua: “Chanchamayu llaqta”
- Quechua: “Khuyapayay llaqta”
- Spanish: “Chanchamayo”
- Spanish: “La Merced”
- Waray (Philippines): “La Merced, Junín”
- Waray (Philippines): “La Merced”
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