Pomabamba
Pomabamba
Pumapampa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Pomabamba | |
| Nickname: City of the Cedars | |
  Pomabamba | |
| Coordinates: 8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Pomabamba |
| District | Pomabamba |
| Founded | 1574 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edgard Alcídes Vía Melgarejo |
| Elevation | 2,950 m (9,680 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,667 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| Website | munipomabamba.gob.pe |
Pomabamba (Quechua Pumapampa, puma cougar, pampa large plain,[1] "cougar plain") is a town in the Pomabamba District of the Pomabamba Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.
References
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
External links
- (in Spanish) Official website of the Pomabamba province
8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056
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