Pomabamba Province


The Pomabamba Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru. It was formerly called Pumapampa and today it is also known as "The City of Cedars". It is located at the left bank of the Pomabamba river, at above sea level. It was created by law on February 21, 1861.
In this vast region some archaeological sites like Ichik Yaynu, Willka Marka, Runa Marka and the gigantic stone constructions of Yaynu were found with features of the Recuay Culture.
For these ancient copper-colored and fecund places, one of the biggest pre-inca confederations was created, the powerful confederation of conchucos. It was an iron agglomeration of people that presented a hard and brave resistance to the Inca and Spanish armies. During the Republic, don Ramón Castilla, a great marshall from Tarapacá, visited Pomabamba and fell in love with the beautiful Ancash woman from Llumpa, Margarita Mariluz.

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Puka Hirka at approximately. Other mountains are listed below:

Political division

Pomabamba is divided into four districts, which are:
DistrictMayor
HuayllánLimas Velveder Miguel Angel
ParobambaRolando Sanchez Vidal
PomabambaJuan Ponte Carranza
QuinuabambaPepe Juan Moreno Dominguez

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 14.90% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.