Pomabamba District
Pomabamba Pumapampa | |
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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
External links
References
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ↑ INEI
- ↑ 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
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