Pomabamba

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Pomabamba
Pumapampa
Village
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Pomabamba
Nickname: 
City of the Cedars
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Pomabamba
Coordinates: 8°49′12″S77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Pomabamba
District Pomabamba
Founded1574
Government
 • MayorEdgard Alcídes Vía Melgarejo
Elevation
2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Population
 • Total5,667
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.

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Climate

Climate data for Pomabamba, elevation 2,985 m (9,793 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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 [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. ↑ "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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