Department of Ayacucho

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.

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

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