Pomabamba

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
Pomabamba
Nickname: 
City of the Cedars
Pomabamba is located in Peru
Pomabamba
Pomabamba
Coordinates: 8°49′12″S 77°27′38″W / 8.82000°S 77.46056°W / -8.82000; -77.46056
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvincePomabamba
DistrictPomabamba
Founded1574
Government
 • MayorEdgard Alcídes Vía Melgarejo
Elevation
2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Population
 • Total5,667
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
Websitemunipomabamba.gob.pe

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.

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