Pampas is a city in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It is the
capital
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Econom ...
of the
Tayacaja Province and it was established on June 21, 1825. According to the 2007 census had a
population
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of 9,973 (11,566 in the metropolitan area).
It has an approximate
altitude
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of 3,276 metres.
Transportation
The city is connected to the nearby cities like
Huancayo
Huancayo (; in , '(place) with a (sacred) rock', ) is the capital of the JunÃn Region and Huancayo Province, in the central highlands of Peru, in the Mantaro Valley and is crossed by the Shullcas, Chilca and Mantaro rivers. It was founded as a ...
and
Ayacucho
Ayacucho (, , derived from the words ''aya'' ("death" or "soul") and ''k'uchu'' ("corner") in honour of the battle of Ayacucho), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga) until 1825, i ...
by partially paved roads.
Education
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''.
Health
The city has now a new hospital, the ''Hospital Pampas'' that serve the city and the towns nearby.
Images
Image:Casa de Pampas-1.jpg, A house in Pampas.
Image:Mosqueta conjunto.jpg, Futsal court in Pampas.
Image:Parque ecologico de Pampas 3.jpg, Slide in the "Parque Ecolgico de Pampas".
Image:Parque ecologico de Pampas 4.jpg, Gardens in the "Parque Ecolgico de Pampas".
Image:Catedral de Pampas.JPG, Cathedral of San Pedro de Pampas.
Image:Municipalidad Provincial de Tayacaja-Pampas.JPG, Municipality of Pampas.
Image:ganado vacuno en Pampas-1.JPG, A cow in Pampas.
Image:pampino1.jpg, Pampino.
References
External links
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Populated places in the Department of Huancavelica
br:Pampas