Pomabamba District Explained

Pomabamba
Native Name Lang:qu
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Ancash
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Pomabamba
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:February 21, 1861
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Pumapampa
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Julian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:347.92
Elevation M:2948
Population Total:14780
Population As Of:2005 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:021601
Website:munipomabamba.gob.pe

Pomabamba (Quechua Pumaq pampa, pumaq cougar, pampa large plain, "cougar plain") is the largest of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.[1]

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).[2]

See also

See also

External links

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://desa.inei.gob.pe INEI
  2. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe