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
Map of the Ayacucho region showing its
provinces
The region is divided into 11 provinces ( , 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)
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Ayacucho
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