Ayacucho region

Ayacucho region
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Basic data
Country	Peru
Capital	Ayacucho
surface	43,814.8 km²
Residents	688,700 (2015)
density	16 inhabitants per km²
founding	April 25, 1822
ISO 3166-2	PE-AYA
Website	www.regionayacucho.gob.pe (Spanish)
politics
Gobernador regional	Carlos Rua Carbajal (2019-2022)
Provinces of the Ayacucho region

Coordinates: 13 ° 10 ′  S , 74 ° 13 ′  W

The Ayacucho region [ aʝaˈkutʃo ] ( Spanish Región Ayacucho , Quechua Ayakuchu suyu ) is an administrative region in southern Peru . 688,700 people (2015) live in an area of ​​43,815 km². The capital is Ayacucho .

geography

The Andes shape the landscape; the average altitude is 2761 meters above sea level. The highest mountain is the Sarasara with 5453 meters. The Río Apurímac and Río Mantaro cut the country and provide for a milder climate on their banks.

population

More than three quarters of the population are indigenous ; 63.9% speak Quechua (variant Chanka ) as their mother tongue.

history

The region was founded on February 15, 1825 as a department under Simón Bolívar .

The Sendero Luminoso group originated in the region and was most widespread there.

Provinces

The Ayacucho region is divided into eleven provinces and 119 districts (as of 2019).

province	Capital
Cangallo	Cangallo
Huamanga	Ayacucho
Huanca Sancos	Huanca Sancos
Huanta	Huanta
La Mar	San Miguel
Lucanas	Puquio
Parinacochas	Coracora
Páucar del Sara Sara	Break
Sucre	Querobamba
Víctor Fajardo	Huancapi
Vilcas Huamán	Vilcas Huamán

Web links

Commons : Ayacucho Region  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.regionayacucho.gob.pe/ Regional government of the Ayacucho region

Individual evidence

1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica: Census 2007. p. 117 , accessed on September 1, 2018 (Spanish).