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Pampas, Peru

Pampas
Plaza de Armas, Pampas
Plaza de Armas, Pampas
Flag of Pampas
Flag
Coat of arms of Pampas
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Ciudad de los Cuchimichis (The Cuchimichis City)
Pampas is located in Peru
Pampas
Pampas
Coordinates: 12°23′55.76″S 74°52′12.78″W / 12.3988222°S 74.8702167°W / -12.3988222; -74.8702167
Country Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Tayacaja
Established 21 June 1825
Government
 • Mayor Jesús Américo Monge Abad
Area
 • Total 52.264 km2 (20.179 sq mi)
Elevation 3,276 m (10,748 ft)
Population
 • Total 11,566
 • Density 221.3/km2 (573/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) PET (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 067
Website www.munitayacaja.gob.pe

Coordinates: 12°23′56″S 74°52′0″W / 12.39889°S 74.86667°W / -12.39889; -74.86667

Pampas is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Tayacaja Province and it was established on June 21, 1825. According to the 2007 census had a population of 9,973 (11,566 in the metropolitan area). It has an approximate altitude of 3,276 metres.

The city is connected to the nearby cities like Huancayo and Ayacucho by partially paved roads.

The city house a branch of the Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica and it is home of a local technical institute; the Instituto Tecnologico Pampas - Tayacaja.

The city has now a new hospital, the Hospital Pampas that serve the city and the towns nearby.

A house in Pampas.

Futsal court in Pampas.

Slide in the "Parque Ecológico de Pampas".

Gardens in the "Parque Ecológico de Pampas".

Cathedral of San Pedro de Pampas.

Municipality of Pampas.

A cow in Pampas.

Pampino.


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