Ayacucho Region
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 indpedendant region.
Political division
The region is divided into 11 provinces , which are composed of 111 districts .
Provinces
The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
Cangallo (Cangallo)
Huamanga (Ayacucho)
Huanca Sancos (Huanca Sancos)
Huanta (Huanta)
La Mar (San Miguel)
Lucanas (Puquio)
Parinacochas (Coracora)
Paucar del Sara Sara (Pausa)
Sucre (Querobamba)
Victor Fajardo (Huancapi)
Vilcas Huaman (Vilcas Huaman)
External links
Ayacucho Regional Government official website
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