La Merced District, Aija

Infobox District Peru
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region = Ancash
province = Aija
district = La Merced
founded = March 5 1936
capital = La Merced, Ancash
pop = 3,005 (2002 estimate)
density = 19.6
area = 153.08
elevation = 3272
hamlets =
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mayor = Manuel Dario Manrique Mejia (2007)
ubigeo = 020204

La Merced District is one of five districts in the Aija Province of the Ancash Region of Peru.

Location

In the geographical frame of "slopes", between the 77°43 ´ 57 " South Latitude and 77°35 ´ 51 " Longitude west, finds the District of the Merced, Province of Aija. With an average altitude of 3,272 m.s.n.m., his ground is the characteristic one of the saw cisandina of Ancash, opposite to the Pacific Ocean.