Pomabamba
District
Pomabamba
Pomabamba
Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvincePomabamba
FoundedFebruary 21, 1861
CapitalPumapampa
Government
 • MayorJulian 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 zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021601
Websitemunipomabamba.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]

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)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
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[4]

See also

See also

References

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