Country Peru Capital Ayacucho Highest elevation 3,645 m (11,959 ft) Area 43,815 km² | Largest city Ayacucho Elevation(Capital) 2,746 m (9,009 ft) Founded 25 April 1822 Dialling code 66 | |
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Subdivisions 11 provinces and 111 districts University San Cristóbal of Huamanga University Points of interest Cathedral Basilica of St Mary, Plaza de Armas, Museo Mariscal Cáceres, Museo Hipolito Unanue, Zoologico Totorilla Destinations Ayacucho, Huanta, Vilcashuamán, Coracora, Pichari | ||
Danza huaylas harvest dance from ayacucho region of peru
Ayacucho is a region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho. The region was one of the hardest hit by terrorism during the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as the internal conflict in Peru.
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- Danza huaylas harvest dance from ayacucho region of peru
- Map of Ayacucho Peru
- Visit ayacucho peru
- Political division
- Provinces
- Languages
- References
Map of Ayacucho, Peru
A referendum was held on October 30, 2005 in order to decide whether the region would merge with the regions of Ica and Huancavelica to form the new Ica-Ayacucho-Huancavelica Region, as part of the decentralization process in Peru. The bill failed and Ayacucho remained an independent region.
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Political division
The region is divided into 11 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 111 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).
Provinces
The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
- Cangallo (Cangallo)
- Huamanga (Ayacucho)
- Huanca Sancos (Huanca Sancos)
- Huanta (Huanta)
- La Mar (San Miguel)
- Lucanas (Puquio)
- Parinacochas (Coracora)
- Paucar del Sara Sara (Pausa)
- Sucre (Querobamba)
- Víctor Fajardo (Huancapi)
- Vilcas Huamán (Vilcas Huamán)
Languages
According to the 2007 Peru Census, the language learnt first by most of the residents was Quechua (63.05%) followed by Spanish (36.57%). The Quechua variety spoken in Ayacucho is Chanka Quechua. The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the Ayacucho Region by province: