Pomabamba

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.

This article is about the town Pomobamba in Peru. For information on the province and the district with the same name, see, Pomabamba (disambiguation).
Pomabamba

Pumapampa
Village
Pomabamba
Nickname(s): 
City of the Cedars
Pomabamba
Coordinates: 8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W
Country Peru
RegionAncash Region
ProvincePomabamba Province
DistrictPomabamba District
Government
 • MayorJulian Watson Cirilo Diestra
Elevation
2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
Websitewww.munipomabamba.gob.pe

References
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

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