Pomabamba District
Pomabamba (Quechua Pumaq pampa, pumaq 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).
Climate
| Climate data for Pomabamba, elevation 2,985 m (9,793 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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.
| Aija | |
|---|---|
| Antonio Raymondi | |
| Asunción | |
| Bolognesi | |
| Carhuaz | |
| Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald | |
| Casma | |
| Corongo | |
| Huaraz | |
| Huari | |
| Huarmey | |
| Huaylas | |
| Mariscal Luzuriaga | |
| Ocros | |
| Pallasca | |
| Pomabamba | |
| Recuay | |
| Santa | |
| Sihuas | |
| Yungay | |
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