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Pomabamba
Pumapampa
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Village
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Pomabamba
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| Nickname(s):
City of the Cedars
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 Pomabamba
Location in Peru
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Pomabamba |
| District | Pomabamba |
| Founded | 1574 |
| Elevation | 2,950 m (9,680 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,667 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| Website | munipomabamba.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.
Climate
| Climate data for Pomabamba, elevation 2,985 m (9,793 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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