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
District
Pomabamba
Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Pomabamba
Founded	February 21, 1861
Capital	Pomabamba
Government
• Mayor	Julian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007)
Area
• Total	347.92 km^2 (134.33 sq mi)
Elevation	2,948 m (9,672 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	14,780
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021601
Website	munipomabamba.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

• Ancash Quechua

See also

• Pukahirka
• Tawllirahu
• Tinya palla
• Wira Wira

External links

• (in Spanish) Official website of the Pomabamba Province

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)