A referendum was held on 30 October 2005, in order to decide whether the department would merge with the departments of Ica and Huancavelica to form the new Ica-Ayacucho-Huancavelica Region, as part of the decentralization process in Peru. The proposal failed and no merger was carried out.[citation needed]
The department 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:
According to the 2007 Peru Census, the language learnt first by most of the residents was Quechua (63.05%) followed by Spanish (36.57%). The Quechua variety spoken in Ayacucho is Chanka Quechua. The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the department by province:[1]
department, ayacucho, this, article, about, ayacucho, region, capital, city, ayacucho, ayacucho, department, redirects, here, department, luis, province, argentina, ayacucho, department, luis, ayacucho, spanish, pronunciation, aʝaˈkutʃo, listen, department, re. This article is about the Ayacucho Region For its capital city see Ayacucho Ayacucho Department redirects here For the Department of San Luis Province Argentina see Ayacucho Department San Luis Ayacucho Spanish pronunciation aʝaˈkutʃo listen is a department and 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 in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path known as the internal conflict in Peru Department of AyacuchoRegionThe Andes in the Department of AyacuchoFlagSealLocation of the Department of Ayacucho in PeruCountryPeruSubdivisions11 provinces and 111 districtsLargest cityAyacuchoCapitalAyacuchoGovernment GovernorCarlos Rua Carbajal 2019 2022 Area Total43 814 8 km2 16 917 0 sq mi Elevation Capital 2 746 m 9 009 ft Highest elevation5 505 m 18 061 ft Lowest elevation1 800 m 5 900 ft Population 2017 Total616 176 Density14 km2 36 sq mi UBIGEO05Dialing code066ISO 3166 codePE AYAPrincipal resourcesPotatoes wheat olluco barley sheep and handicrafts Poverty rate72 5 Percentage of Peru s GDP0 65 Websitewww regionayacucho gob peA referendum was held on 30 October 2005 in order to decide whether the department would merge with the departments of Ica and Huancavelica to form the new Ica Ayacucho Huancavelica Region as part of the decentralization process in Peru The proposal failed and no merger was carried out citation needed Contents 1 Political division 1 1 Provinces 2 Demographics 2 1 Languages 3 Gallery 4 References 5 External linksPolitical division Edit Map of the Ayacucho region showing its provinces The department is divided into 11 provinces Spanish provincias singular provincia which are composed of 111 districts distritos singular distrito Provinces Edit 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 Demographics EditLanguages Edit According to the 2007 Peru Census the language learnt first by most of the residents was Quechua 63 05 followed by Spanish 36 57 The Quechua variety spoken in Ayacucho is Chanka Quechua The following table shows the results concerning the language learnt first in the department by province 1 Province Quechua Aymara Ashaninka Another native language Spanish Foreign language Deaf or mute TotalCangallo 29 356 24 4 11 3 132 3 37 32 567Huamanga 104 644 223 42 118 102 452 72 218 207 769Huanca Sancos 8 017 29 1 1 858 18 9 923Huanta 58 333 89 92 40 28 184 5 105 86 848La Mar 64 815 64 127 58 12 950 1 111 78 126Lucanas 26 153 152 7 49 35 282 10 78 61 731Parinacochas 15 491 68 30 12 576 2 29 28 196Paucar del Sara Sara 5 223 19 1 15 5 140 16 10 414Sucre 9 059 25 2 749 13 11 846Victor Fajardo 20 647 37 2 9 3 213 38 23 946Vilcas Huaman 19 884 14 2 11 2 232 1 44 22 188Total 361 622 744 278 341 209 768 94 707 573 554 63 05 0 13 0 05 0 06 36 57 0 02 0 12 100 00Gallery Edit The Andes go across the Ayacucho Region Statue of Antonio Jose de Sucre and obelisk near Kinwa commemorating the Battle of Ayacucho Hot springs in the region of Ayacucho Obelisk near Kinwa commemorating the Battle of Ayacucho Church of AyacuchoReferences Edit inei gob pe Archived January 27 2013 at the Wayback Machine INEI Peru Censos Nacionales 2007External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ayacucho Region Ayacucho Regional Government official website Coordinates 13 09 47 S 74 13 28 W 13 16306 S 74 22444 W 13 16306 74 22444 This Ayacucho Region geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Department of Ayacucho amp oldid 1131663242, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
