Pamparomás district
Pamparomás district | |
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![]() Location of the Pamparomás district (marked in red) in the Huaylas province |
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Basic data | |
Country | Peru |
region | Ancash |
province | Huaylas |
Seat | Pamparomás |
surface | 500 km² |
Residents | 8476 (2017) |
density | 17 inhabitants per km² |
founding | January 2, 1857 |
ISO 3166-2 | PE-ANC |
politics | |
Alcalde District | Guillermo Próspero Palmadera Chachaz (2019-2022) |
Political party | Movimiento Regional El Maicito |
Coordinates: 9 ° 4 ′ S , 77 ° 59 ′ W
The district of Pamparomás is located in the province of Huaylas in the Ancash region in western Peru . The district was founded on January 2, 1857. It has an area of about 500 km². The 2017 census counted 8476 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 7731, in 2007 it was 8607. The district administration is located in the 2862 m high village of Pamparomás with 486 inhabitants (as of 2017). Pamparomás is 19 km west of the provincial capital Caraz .
Geographical location
The Pamparomás district is located on the western flank of the Cordillera Negra in the southwest of the Huaylas province. The eastern district boundary runs along the watershed of the Cordillera Negra. The north and the central part of the district are drained via the Río Larea, the south via the Río Loco to the west to the Río Nepeña .
The district of Pamparomás borders in the southwest and in the south on the district Quillo ( province Yungay ), in the west on the district Moro ( province Santa ), in the northwest on the district Caceres del Perú (also in the province Santa), in the northeast on the districts Mato and Huata and in the east to the districts of Caraz and Pueblo Libre .
Localities
The district is divided spatially into three valleys: the Pamparomás valley in the north, the Chaclancayo valley in the middle and the Pisha valley in the south. In the Pamparómas Valley there are the following villages (caseríos):
- Achahuas (207 inhabitants)
- Carash
- Chorrillos
- Karka
- Llacta
- Marco
- Pampap
- Perkirka
- Pueblo Pamparomás (486 inhabitants)
- Puquio
- Queropuquio
- Racratumanca
- San Juanito
- Ullpan
In the Chaclacayo Valley there are the following villages (caseríos):
- Cajabamba Alta
- Cajabamba Baja (325 inhabitants)
- Chaclancayo (232 inhabitants)
- Chunya (207 inhabitants)
- Chunya Ruri
- Cullashcunca
- Huaracpampa (216 inhabitants)
- Marmay (220 inhabitants)
- Pías
- Punin
- Putaca
- Santa Rosa de Catedral
- Santa Rosa de Coto
In the Pisha Valley there are the following villages (caseríos):
- Antaraca (272 inhabitants)
- Cajay (340 inhabitants)
- Capan
- Carachuco
- Carampa
- Carap (252 inhabitants)
- Huanchuy (271 inhabitants)
- Huarac-huran
- Huáscar
- Nununga
- Ocshapampa
- Pampacancha
- Pichiu (222 inhabitants)
- Pisha (360 inhabitants)
- Pucará
- Quicacayan
Web links
- Peru: Region Ancash (provinces and districts) at www.citypopulation.de
- INEI Perú