Ayacucho Region
From Perupedia
| Ayacucho Region | |
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| 240px The Andes in the Ayacucho Region | |
| Location of the Ayacucho region in Peru | |
| See other Peruvian regions | |
| President | Omar Quesada Martínez |
| Capital | Ayacucho |
| Largest city | Ayacucho |
| Area | 43,814.8 km² |
| Population (as of the 2005 Census) | |
| Population - Total - Density | 619 522 12.6/km² |
| Subdivisions | 11 provinces and 111 districts |
| Elevation - Capital - Lowest - Highest | 2,746 metres (9,009 ft) 1800 m (Otoca) 3645 m (Chalcos) |
| Latitude Longitude | 12º7'7" S to N/A 74º23'5" to 75º8'16" W |
| Main resources | Potatoes, wheat, olluco, barley, sheep and handicrafts. |
| Poverty rate | 72.5% |
| Percentage of country's GDP | 0.65% |
| Codes | |
| Dialing code | 066 |
| ISO 3166-2 | PE-AYA |
| UBIGEO | 05 |
| Official 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.
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)
External links
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