Department of Ayacucho – Wikipedia

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Departments of Peru

This article is about the Ayacucho Region. For its capital city, see Ayacucho.

Region in 11 provinces and 111 districts, Peru

Department of Ayacucho

The Andes in the Department of Ayacucho

The Andes in the Department of Ayacucho
Flag of Department of Ayacucho

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Official seal of Department of Ayacucho

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Location of the Department of Ayacucho in Peru

Location of the Department of Ayacucho in Peru

Country Peru
Subdivisions 11 provinces and 111 districts
Largest City Ayacucho
Capital Ayacucho
 • Governor Carlos Rua Carbajal
(2019–2022)
 • Total 43,814.8 km 2 (16,917.0 sq mi)
Elevation

(Capital)

2,746 m (9,009 ft)
Highest elevation 5,505 m (18,061 ft)
Lowest elevation 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
 • Total 616,176
 • Density 14/km 2 (36/sq mi)
Bigeo

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] ( listen ) ) is a department and 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 in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as the internal conflict in Peru.

A referendum was held on 30 October 2005, in order to decide whether the department would merge with the departments of Ica and Huancavelica to form the new Ica-Ayacucho-Huancavelica Region, as part of the decentralization process in Peru. The proposal failed and no merger was carried out. [ citation needed ]

Political division [ edit ]

Map of the Ayacucho region showing its provinces

The department is divided into 11 provinces (Spanish: Provinces , singular: province ), which are composed of 111 districts ( Districts , singular: district ).

Provinces [ edit ]

The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

  1. Cangallo (Cangallo)
  2. Huamanga (Ayacucho)
  3. Huanca Sancos (Huanca Sancos)
  4. Huanta (Hunta)
  5. The sea (San Miguel)
  6. Lucanas (Puquio)
  7. Parinacochas (Coracora)
  8. Paucar del Sara Sara (Pause)
  9. Sucre (kerobamba)
  10. Victor Fajardo (Huancapi)
  11. Vilcas Huamán (Vilcas Huamán)

Demographics [ edit ]

Languages [ edit ]

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 department by province: [first]

Province Quechua Aymara Ashanica Another native language Spanish Foreign language Deaf or mute Total
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 first – 1.858 – 18 9,923
Huanta 58,333 89 92 40 28,184 5 105 86,848
La Mar 64,815 sixty four 127 58 12,950 first 111 78,126
Lucanas 26,153 152 7 49 35,282 ten 78 61,731
Parinacochas 15,491 68 – 30 12,576 2 29 28,196
Paucar del Sara Sara 5,223 19 first 15 5,140 – 16 10,414
Sugar 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 first 44 22,188
Total 361,622 744 278 341 209,768 ninety four 707 573.554
% 63.05 0.13 0.05 0.06 36.57 0.02 0.12 100.00

Gallery [ edit ]

  • The Andes go across the Ayacucho Region

    The Andes go across the Ayacucho Region

  • Hot springs in the region of Ayacucho.

    Hot springs in the region of Ayacucho.

  • Obelisk near Kinwa, commemorating the Battle of Ayacucho.

    Obelisk Near kinwa, commemorating the battle of Ayacucho.

  • Church of Ayacucho

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Coordinates: 13°09′47″S 74 ° 13′28 ″ in / 13.16306°S 74.22444°W / -13.16306; -74.22444

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