Abancay
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Coordinates: 13 ° 38 ′ S , 72 ° 53 ′ W
Abancay on the map of Peru
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| Country | Peru |
| region | Apurímac |
| province | Abancay |
| City foundation | 1574 |
| Residents | 63,106 (2017) |
| - in the metropolitan area | 72,277 |
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| height | 2377 m |
| Waters | Río Marino |
| Post Code | 03001 |
| prefix | +51 83 |
| Time zone | UTC -5 |
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Abancay is the capital of the Abancay Province and the Apurímac region in south-central Peru . It had 63,106 inhabitants at the 2017 census and has been the Roman Catholic bishopric since 1958 . 72,277 people lived in the metropolitan area.
Location
The city is located 2,377 meters above sea level in the Andes on the east bank of the Río Marino in a side valley of the Río Apurímac . It lies at the southern foot of the snow covered peak Ampay , halfway on the road from Nazca to Cuzco .
history
Abancay already existed in pre-colonial times and was named after a flower resembling the white lily, native to the area, which was called Amankay in the Quechua Indian language . Upon their arrival in South America, the Spanish transliterated this word and named the place Abancay, Villa de los Reyes (i.e., "Abancay, City of Kings"). In the colonial era, Abancay was a major trading center. In 1874 the place was elevated to a city.
economy
Sugar cane is grown and processed in Abancay . Spirits are also produced in the town, which is also a small mining center. There are silver and copper mines in the area.
Personalities
A nationally known personality is the freedom fighter Micaela Bastidas , wife of José Gabriel Condorcanqui (called Tupac Amaru II ), who was born four kilometers north of the city.
Individual evidence
- ↑ PERU: Apurímac Region: Provinces & Places . www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ↑ Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico (PDF, 27.4 MB) Instituo Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI). August 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
Web links
literature
- Abancay . In: Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon . 9th edition, 1st volume (1971), p. 17.
- Emilio Garzón Rivera: Poder local y violencia en los Andes: Un caso en Abancay a fines del siglo XVIII . In: Allpanchis. Revista de estudios andinos , edited by Instituto de Pastoral Andina, Cusco, ISSN 0252-8835 , Vol. 24 (1992), No. 38, pp. 129-151.