History

Brief history:
The primitive inhabitants of the valley were the Chanchamayo Campas Ashaninka. The story begins Chanchamayo the year 1635 when the Franciscan missionary Fray Jerome Jimenez, enters the creek Valley Huancabamba Paucartambo and passing through the famous Salt Mine.

This missionary Chanchamayo back from the confluence of the Rio Paucartambo and founded the first settlement under the name of "San Buenaventura de Quimiri" close to the current population of La Merced.

In the year of 1779 to come up with Tarmeños cultivate the fertile land of Chanchamayo and why it builds a trail for access, as the former had been erased by vegetation and natural causes. After the Independence of Peru in the year 1827 began opening a path of horseshoes at the expense of the National Herario, was not completed due to lack of funds and continued political turmoil. Already in the year 1847 after having pacified the country and being in prefect of the Department of Junin, Don Eduardo Mariano Rivera was undertaken at the expense of the neighbors and people of the Province of Tarma the opening of a road between Palca and Chanchamayo; commanded build on the angle formed by the union of the rivers Chanchamayo and Tulumayo a strong military to be given the name of San Ramon.

Later on the orders of the supreme government of the day was continued by opening trails on the way to having communication with the tribes and colonizing power. The tube adventure starring the Franciscan priests. If there people of different nationalities with a desire to settle in this fertile region to engage in agriculture, the head of the expedition Colonel Jose Manuel Pereyra, thought desirable to establish a people who gave the name of La Merced, September 24 1869. The Chanchamayo province was established on September 24, 1977, by Decree Law 21,941, which was signed by the President Francisco Morales Bermudez. For this device legal, it creates the Province of Chanchamayo

The creation of the district Monobamba, was given by Act No. 12638, dated 02 February 1956, assigned a surface extension of 295.83 km2. In the thirties, runs the road Monobamba - Vitoc - San Ramon, which gives access to the area across the road Tarma - La Merced.