Ayacucho Region

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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.

A referendum will be held on October 30, 2005 to decide whether the region will merge with the current regions of Ica and Huancavelica to form the new Ica-Ayacucho-Huancavelica Region, as part of the decentralization process in Peru.

Región Ayacucho

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See other Peruvian regions

President

Omar Quesada Martínez

Capital

Ayacucho

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Area

43,814.8 km²

Population
- Total
- Density

5 507 51 (2002 estimate)
12.6/km²

Subdivisions

11 provinces and 109 districts

Elevation
- Lowest
- Highest

1800 m (Otoca)
3645 m (Chalcos)

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Main resources

Potatoe, wheat, olluco, barley, sheep and handicrafts.

Poverty rate

72.5%

Percentage of country's GDP

0.65%

Dialing code

066

ISO 3166-2

PE-AYA

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Political division

The region is divided into 3 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular: provincia), which are composed of 12 districts (distritos, singular: distrito).

The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

External links

Ayacucho Regional Government official website

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Amazonas \| Ancash \| Apurímac \| Arequipa \| Ayacucho \| Cajamarca \| Callao \| Cusco \| Huancavelica \| Huánuco \| Ica \| Junín \| La Libertad \| Lambayeque \| Lima \| Loreto \| Madre de Dios \| Moquegua \| Pasco \| Piura \| Puno \| San Martín \| Tacna \| Tumbes \| Ucayali
The Lima Province is not part of any of the twenty-five regions.