Settlement Type: | Town |
Official Name: | Piscobamba |
Native Name: | Pisqupampa |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ancash |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Mariscal Luzuriaga |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Piscobamba |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Roger Asencio Roca |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1574 |
Population Total: | 2252 |
Elevation M: | 3281 |
Piscobamba (from Quechua Pisqupampa, pisqu, p'isqu bird, pampa plain) is a town in central Peru. It is the capital of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in the Ancash Region.