Department of Ayacucho
Ayacucho, known as Huamanga from its creation in 1822 until 1825, is a department of Peru. It is located in the south-central Andes of the country, the region was one of the hardest hit in the 1980s during the guerrilla war waged by Shining Path. It is administered by a regional government. Its capital is the city of Ayacucho.
History
The department was created by the Reglamento Provisional de Elecciones, published on April 26, 1822, which established the department of Huamanga alongside those of Arequipa, Cuzco, Huancavelica and Puno.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.
Political division
The department is divided into 11 provinces, which are composed of 111 districts.Provinces
The provinces, with their capitals in parentheses, are:- Cangallo
- Huamanga
- Huanca Sancos
- Huanta
- La Mar
- Lucanas
- Parinacochas
- Paucar del [Sara Sara Province|Paucar del Sara Sara]
- Sucre
- Víctor Fajardo
- Vilcas Huamán