| Ayacucho Region | |||
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| The Andes in the Ayacucho Region | |||
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| Location of the Ayacucho region in Peru | |||
| Country | Peru | ||
| Subdivisions | 11 provinces and 111 districts | ||
| Largest city | Ayacucho | ||
| Capital | Ayacucho | ||
| Government | |||
| • President | Omar Quesada Martínez | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 43,814.8 km2 (16,917 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation(Capital) | 2,746 m (9,009 ft) | ||
| Highest elevation | 3,645 m (11,959 ft) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 1,800 m (5,906 ft) | ||
| Population (2005 Census) | |||
| • Total | 619,522 | ||
| • Density | 14.1/km2 (36.6/sq mi) | ||
| UBIGEO | 05 | ||
| Dialing code | 066 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | PE-AYA | ||
| Principal resources | Potatoes, wheat, olluco, barley, sheep and handicrafts. | ||
| Poverty rate | 72.5% | ||
| Percentage of Peru's GDP | 0.65% | ||
| Website | www.regionayacucho.gob.pe | ||
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.
A referendum was held on October 30, 2005 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.
The region is divided into 11 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 111 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).
The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
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