Piscobamba

Piscobamba

Pisqupampa
Piscobamba Pisqupampa
Town
Country	Peru
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[]

^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Cusco (2005) (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)
^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

Coordinates: 8°53′S 77°21′W / 8.883°S 77.350°W / -8.883; -77.350

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[simi-1] Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Cusco (2005) (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) (5-vowel-system)

[laime-2] Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)

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