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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