Pomabamba District

Pomabamba
Pumapampa
District

Pomabamba

Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Pomabamba
Founded February 21, 1861
Capital Pomabamba
Government
  Mayor Julian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007)
Area
  Total 347.92 km2 (134.33 sq mi)
Elevation 2,948 m (9,672 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 14,780
  Density 42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 021601
Website munipomabamba.gob.pe

Pomabamba (Quechua Pumapampa, puma cougar, pampa large plain,[1] "cougar plain") is the largest of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.62% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

See also

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. INEI
  3. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 8°49′59″S 77°28′01″W / 8.83306°S 77.46694°W / -8.83306; -77.46694

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