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]
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]