Pomabamba District
District in Ancash, Peru
Pomabamba | |
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District | |
 Pomabamba | |
 Location of Pomabamba in the Pomabamba province | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Pomabamba |
| Founded | February 21, 1861 |
| Capital | Pumapampa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Julian Watson Cirilo Diestra (2007) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 347.92 km2 (134.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,948 m (9,672 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 14,780 |
| • Density | 42/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]
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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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
External links
- (in Spanish) Official website of the Pomabamba Province
References
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ INEI Archived 2007-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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)
- ^ "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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