San Ramón is the second largest town in the Chanchamayo Province

Chanchamayo Province

Chanchamayo is a province in northern Junín Region, in central Peru.The province's name derives from the Chanchamayo River, whose source is in the Andean Sierra and flows northwards becoming the Perené River....

 of the Junín Region

Junín Region

Junín is a region in the central highlands and westernmost Amazonia of Peru. Its capital is Huancayo.-Geography:The region has a very heterogeneous topography. The western cordillera located near the border with the Lima Region, has snowy and ice covered peaks. On the east, there are high glacier...

, on the eastern slopes of the Andean

Andes

The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...

 Cordillera Oriental in Peru

Peru

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San Ramón is situated on 11°07′29"S 75°21′25"W at an elevation of 770 m above sea level.

It lies at the confluence of Río Oxabamba and Río Tulumayo which form Río Chanchamayo downstream and Río Perené later. West of the city we find the Toro Huajrashga Mountain. The nearest town downstream is La Merced

La Merced, Junín

La Merced or Chanchamayo is the capital of the Chanchamayo Province in the Junín Region in Peru.-Location:La Merced is situated on , as the crow flies 75 km east of the regional capital Huancayo-Junín and 220 km northeast of the country's capital Lima, at an elevation of 751 m above sea...

, the province's capital, at a distance of less than 10 km (6.2 mi).

The city has a population of circa 30,0000 inhabitants.