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
Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Pomabamba
Founded	February 21, 1861
Capital	Pumapampa
Government
• Mayor	Julian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007)
Area
• Total	347.92 km2 (134.33 sq mi)
Elevation	2,948 m (9,672 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	14,780
• Density	42/km2 (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]

Climate

Climate data for Pomabamba, elevation 2,985 m (9,793 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	21.6 (70.9)	21.3 (70.3)	20.9 (69.6)	21.2 (70.2)	21.9 (71.4)	21.9 (71.4)	22.1 (71.8)	22.5 (72.5)	22.5 (72.5)	22.3 (72.1)	22.7 (72.9)	21.7 (71.1)	21.9 (71.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.3 (45.1)	7.6 (45.7)	7.5 (45.5)	7.4 (45.3)	6.1 (43.0)	4.4 (39.9)	3.9 (39.0)	4.5 (40.1)	5.9 (42.6)	6.8 (44.2)	7.0 (44.6)	7.4 (45.3)	6.3 (43.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	140.9 (5.55)	133.2 (5.24)	148.2 (5.83)	102.7 (4.04)	40.0 (1.57)	12.0 (0.47)	6.8 (0.27)	10.5 (0.41)	36.6 (1.44)	99.7 (3.93)	91.6 (3.61)	145.2 (5.72)	967.4 (38.08)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[4]

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 (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
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)
4. "Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

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