Pomabamba District

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]

Pomabamba
Pumapampa
Pomabamba
Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvincePomabamba
FoundedFebruary 21, 1861
CapitalPomabamba
Government
  MayorJulian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007)
Area
  Total347.92 km2 (134.33 sq mi)
Elevation
2,948 m (9,672 ft)
Population
  Total14,780
  Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021601
Websitemunipomabamba.gob.pe

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 Archived 2007-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)


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