Chanchamayo district

Chanchamayo district
Location of the district in the province of Chanchamayo
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Basic data
Country	Peru
region	Junín
province	Chanchamayo
Seat	La Merced
surface	739 km²
Residents	27,790 (2017)
density	38 inhabitants per km²
founding	September 24, 1977
ISO 3166-2	PE-JUN
Website	www.munichanchamayo.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Alcalde Provincial	José Eduardo Mariño Arquiñigo
Political party	Movimiento Regional Sierra y Selva Contigo Junín
View of La Merced

Coordinates: 11 ° 3 ′  S , 75 ° 20 ′  W

The district Chanchamayo (span. Distrito de Chanchamayo ) is one of six districts of the province Chanchamayo in the administrative region Junín in central Peru . The administrative seat is the city of La Merced .

Geographical location

The district is located in the Peruvian Central Cordillera . It is named after one of the main rivers of the province, the Río Chanchamayo whose headwaters in the Andes - Sierra are and the northward flowing towards the Amazon lowlands and in the north of the district with the Río Paucartambo to Perené River combined.

population

The district has a population of 27,790 inhabitants (as of 2017) on an area of ​​739 km², which corresponds to a population density of 37.58 inhabitants / km².

The age distribution of the district's population is almost identical to the age distribution of Chanchamayo Province, where 45% of the population is younger than 20 years old.

The following figures are from 2003:

Age Residents total 29,165 E. 0-4 years 11.4% 5–9 years 11.3% 10-14 years 11.4% 15-19 years 11.0%

Age Residents 20–24 years 9.7% 25-29 years 8.4% 30–34 years 7.2% 35-39 years 6.2% 40–44 years 5.4%

Age Residents 45–49 years 4.5% 50–54 years 3.6% 55–59 years 2.9% 60–64 years 2.3% 65+ years 4.8%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chanchamayo, District . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 8, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Chanchamayo District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files