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DeutschParobamba District
Parobamba Parupampa | |
|---|---|
 Location of Parobamba in the Pomabamba province | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Pomabamba |
| Founded | August 28, 1868 |
| Capital | Parobamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rolando Sanchez Vidal (2007) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 331.1 km2 (127.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,185 m (10,449 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 021603 |
| Website | munipomabamba.gob.pe |
Parobamba District is one of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.
Ethnic groups[edit]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.80%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[1]
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- (in Spanish) Official website of the Pomabamba Province
| Aija | |
|---|---|
| Antonio Raymondi | |
| Asunción | |
| Bolognesi | |
| Carhuaz | |
| Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald | |
| Casma | |
| Corongo | |
| Huaraz | |
| Huari | |
| Huarmey | |
| Huaylas | |
| Mariscal Luzuriaga | |
| Ocros | |
| Pallasca | |
| Pomabamba | |
| Recuay | |
| Santa | |
| Sihuas | |
| Yungay | |
8°42′00″S 77°22′59″W / 8.70000°S 77.38306°W
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