Pomabamba
Pumapampa
Village
Pomabamba
Pomabamba
Nickname: 
City of the Cedars
Pomabamba is located in Peru
Pomabamba
Pomabamba
Coordinates: 8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvincePomabamba
DistrictPomabamba
Founded1574
Government
  MayorEdgard Alcídes Vía Melgarejo
Elevation
2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Population
  Total5,667
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
Websitemunipomabamba.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

  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)

8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056


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