title: Pampas, Peru
text: # Pampas, Peru
  
  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.
  
  ## Transportation
  
  The city is connected to the nearby cities like Huancayo and Ayacucho 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
  
  * A house in Pampas.
  * Futsal court in Pampas.
  * Slide in the "Parque Ecolgico de Pampas".
  * Gardens in the "Parque Ecolgico de Pampas".
  * Cathedral of San Pedro de Pampas.
  * Municipality of Pampas.
  * A cow in Pampas.
  * Pampino.
  