Pomabamba

This article is about the town Pomobamba in Peru. For information on the province and the district with the same name, see, Pomabamba (disambiguation).
Pomabamba
Pumapampa
Village

Pomabamba
Nickname(s): City of the Cedars
Pomabamba
Coordinates: 8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056
Country  Peru
Region Ancash Region
Province Pomabamba Province
District Pomabamba District
Government
  Mayor Julian Watson Cirilo Diestra
Elevation 2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
Website www.munipomabamba.gob.pe

Pomabamba (Quechua Pumapampa, puma cougar, pampa large plain,[1] "cougar plain") is a town in the Pomabamba District of the Pomabamba Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

Coordinates: 8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056

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