Pampas, Peru

Pampas
Pampas
	Plaza de Armas, Pampas
	Flag Coat of arms
	Nickname(s): Ciudad de los Cuchimichis (The Cuchimichis City)
	Pampas
	Coordinates: 12°23′55.76″S 74°52′12.78″W
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Established	21 June 1825
Government
• Mayor	Jess Amrico Monge Abad
Area
• Total	52.264 km2 (20.179 sq mi)
Elevation	3,276 m (10,748 ft)
Population
• Total	11,566
• Density	221.3/km2 (573/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (PET)
Area code(s)	067
Website	www.munitayacaja.gob.pe

Pampas is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Tayacaja Province and it was established on June 21, 1825. According to the 2007 census had a population of 9,973 (11,566 in the metropolitan area).[1] It has an approximate altitude of 3,276 metres.

Transportation

The city is connected to the nearby cities like Huancayo and Ayacucho by partially paved roads.

Education

The city house a branch of the Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica and it is home of a local technical institute; the Instituto Tecnologico Pampas - Tayacaja.

Health

The city has now a new hospital, the Hospital Pampas that serve the city and the towns nearby.

Images

A house in Pampas.
Futsal court in Pampas.
Slide in the "Parque Ecolgico de Pampas".
Gardens in the "Parque Ecolgico de Pampas".
Cathedral of San Pedro de Pampas.
Municipality of Pampas.
A cow in Pampas.
Pampino.

Panoramic of Pampas

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References

Instituto Nacional de Estadstica e Informtica (2007). "Censos Nacionales 2007: XI de Poblacin y VI de Vivienda" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2008. Statistics taken of the agglomeration from Acraquia (799), Ahuaycha (794), Daniel Hernndez (3.946) and Pampas (6.027)

External links

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[INEI_Info._Distr.2007-1] Instituto Nacional de Estadstica e Informtica (2007). "Censos Nacionales 2007: XI de Poblacin y VI de Vivienda" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2008. Statistics taken of the agglomeration from Acraquia (799), Ahuaycha (794), Daniel Hernndez (3.946) and Pampas (6.027)