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Pomabamba District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
February 21, 1861

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,948 m

Province
  
Pomabamba Province

Region
  
Ancash

Capital
  
Pomabamba

UBIGEO
  
021601

Area
  
347.9 kmĀ²

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Pomabamba (Quechua Pumapampa, puma cougar, pampa large plain, "cougar plain") is the largest of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.

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).

References

Pomabamba District Wikipedia