Perené (Peru)

Perené
Perené
Coordinates	10 ° 57 ′  S , 75 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 10 ° 57 ′  S , 75 ° 14 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Peru
region	Junín
province	Chanchamayo
District	Perené
height	621 m
Residents	6733 (2017)

Perené is a small town in the Chanchamayo Province in the Junín administrative region in central Peru . It is the administrative seat of the Perené district of the same name .

Geographical location

The city is located in the Peruvian Central Cordillera about 240 km northeast of the Peruvian capital Lima . The small town located at an altitude of 621  m lies on both sides of the Río Perené at the confluence of its tributary Río Huatziroqui . The national road 5S leads from La Merced past Perené to Pichanaqui .

The population of Perené was 6005 in 1993, 6909 in 2007 and 6733 in 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Perené, Urban Main Locality . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved November 7, 2019.