Ayacucho Region

Ayacucho Region
The Andes in the Ayacucho Region
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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

Map of the Ayacucho region showing its provinces

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:

1. Cangallo (Cangallo)
2. Huamanga (Ayacucho)
3. Huanca Sancos (Huanca Sancos)
4. Huanta (Huanta)
5. La Mar (San Miguel)
6. Lucanas (Puquio)
7. Parinacochas (Coracora)
8. Paucar del Sara Sara (Pausa)
9. Sucre (Querobamba)
10. Víctor Fajardo (Huancapi)
11. Vilcas Huamán (Vilcas Huamán)

External links

• Ayacucho Regional Government official website

Hot springs in the region of Ayacucho

The Andes go across the Ayacucho Region.

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