Piscobamba
Pisqupampa
Town
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceMariscal Luzuriaga
DistrictPiscobamba
Established1574
Government
  MayorRoger Asencio Roca
Elevation
3,281 m (10,764 ft)
Population
  Total2,252

Piscobamba (from Quechua Pisqupampa, pisqu, p'isqu bird, pampa plain)[1][2] is a town in central Peru. It is the capital of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in the Ancash Region.

References

  1. "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005. (5-vowel-system)
  2. 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°53′S 77°21′W / 8.883°S 77.350°W / -8.883; -77.350


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