Ayacucho Region

Ayacucho Region
Ayacucho Region
	— Region —
	The Andes in the Ayacucho Region
	; Seal
	; Seal
	Location of the Ayacucho region in Peru
Country	Peru
Subdivisions	11 provinces and 111 districts
Largest city	Ayacucho
Capital	Ayacucho
	Government
• President	Omar Quesada Martínez
	Area
• Total	43,814.8 km2 (16,917 sq mi)
Elevation(Capital)	2,746 m (9,009 ft)
Highest elevation	3,645 m (11,959 ft)
Lowest elevation	1,800 m (5,906 ft)
	Population (2005 Census)
• Total	619,522
• Density	14.1/km2 (36.6/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

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Ayacucho Department)

Jump to: navigation, search

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

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.

[edit] 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).

[edit] Provinces

The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

[edit] External links

Ayacucho Regional Government official website

The Andes go across the Ayacucho Region
Statue of Antonio José de Sucre and obelisk near Qinua, Peru, commemorating the Battle of Ayacucho.
Hot springs in the region of Ayacucho.
Obelisk near Qinua, Peru, commemorating the Battle of Ayacucho.
Ayacucho church by night, Ayacucho, Peru.