Pomabamba District

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Pomabamba
District
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Pomabamba
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Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Pomabamba
FoundedFebruary 21, 1861
Capital Pumapampa
Government
 •  Mayor Julian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007)
Area
 • Total347.92 km2 (134.33 sq mi)
Elevation
2,948 m (9,672 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total14,780
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021601
Website munipomabamba.gob.pe

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]

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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 normals)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °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)
Average low °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]

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See also

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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)
  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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