Pomabamba District

Pomabamba (Quechua Pumaq pampa, pumaq 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
District
Pomabamba
Pomabamba
Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvincePomabamba
FoundedFebruary 21, 1861
CapitalPumapampa
Government
 • MayorJulian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007)
Area
 • Total347.92 km2 (134.33 sq mi)
Elevation
2,948 m (9,672 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • 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 (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  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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