Ayacucho Region
| Ayacucho Region | ||
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| Region | ||
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The Andes in the Ayacucho Region | ||
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.svg.png) Location of the Ayacucho region in Peru | ||
| Country | Peru | |
| Subdivisions | 11 provinces and 111 districts | |
| Largest city | Ayacucho | |
| Capital | Ayacucho | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 43,814.8 km2 (16,917.0 sq mi) | |
| Elevation(Capital) | 2,746 m (9,009 ft) | |
| Highest elevation | 3,645 m (11,959 ft) | |
| Lowest elevation | 1,800 m (5,900 ft) | |
| Population (2005 Census) | ||
| • Total | 619,522 | |
| • Density | 14/km2 (37/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 (Spanish pronunciation: [aʝaˈkutʃo]) 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, 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.
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)
The People
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:[1]
| Province | Quechua | Aymara | Asháninka | Another native language | Spanish | Foreign language | Deaf or mute | Total |
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| Cangallo | 29,356 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 3,132 | 3 | 37 | 32,567 |
| Huamanga | 104,644 | 223 | 42 | 118 | 102,452 | 72 | 218 | 207,769 |
| Huanca Sancos | 8,017 | 29 | 1 | - | 1,858 | - | 18 | 9,923 |
| Huanta | 58,333 | 89 | 92 | 40 | 28,184 | 5 | 105 | 86,848 |
| La Mar | 64,815 | 64 | 127 | 58 | 12,950 | 1 | 111 | 78,126 |
| Lucanas | 26,153 | 152 | 7 | 49 | 35,282 | 10 | 78 | 61,731 |
| Parinacochas | 15,491 | 68 | - | 30 | 12,576 | 2 | 29 | 28,196 |
| Paucar del Sara Sara | 5,223 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 5,140 | - | 16 | 10,414 |
| Sucre | 9,059 | 25 | - | - | 2,749 | - | 13 | 11,846 |
| Víctor Fajardo | 20,647 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 3,213 | - | 38 | 23,946 |
| Vilcas Huaman | 19,884 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 2,232 | 1 | 44 | 22,188 |
| Total | 361,622 | 744 | 278 | 341 | 209,768 | 94 | 707 | 573,554 |
| % | 63.05 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 36.57 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 100.00 |
Gallery
The Andes go across the Ayacucho Region
Statue of Antonio José de Sucre and obelisk near Kinwa, commemorating the Battle of Ayacucho.
Hot springs in the region of Ayacucho.
Obelisk near Kinwa, commemorating the Battle of Ayacucho.
Church of Ayacucho
Sources
- ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
External links
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Coordinates: 13°09′47″S 74°13′28″W / 13.16306°S 74.22444°W