Piscobamba
Appearance
Piscobamba
Pisqupampa | |
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Town | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Mariscal Luzuriaga |
District | Piscobamba |
Established | 1574 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Roger Asencio Roca |
Elevation | 3,281 m (10,764 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,252 |
Piscobamba (from Quechua Pisqupampa, pisqu, p'isqu bird, pampa plain)[1][2] is a town in central Peru. It is the capital of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in the Ancash Region.
References
[edit]- ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005. (5-vowel-system)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
8°53′S 77°21′W / 8.883°S 77.350°W