Pomabamba

Pomabamba
Pumapampa
Village
Pomabamba
Nickname: 
City of the Cedars
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
  Total
5,667
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
Websitemunipomabamba.gob.pe

Pomabamba (Quechua Pumapampa, puma cougar, pampa large plain, "cougar plain") is a town in the Pomabamba District of the Pomabamba Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.