Ayacucho

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Ayacucho

Total population

216,444

Founded

1540

Elevation2761 m

Land area2981370000 km²

Coordinates-13.16°, -74.23°

Demographic figures from INEI Peru. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ayacucho, founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga until 1825, is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Peruvian politician, military (1836-1923)

Edwin Donayre

Peruvian general

M

Máximo Laura

Peruvian weaver

J

Juan Ignacio Aguilar

Peruvian Jesuit

E

Edith Lagos

Peruvian revolutionary (1962-1982)

L

Luis Jerónimo de Oré

Comrade José

Peruvian guerilla

E

Efraín Morote Best

Peruvian anthropologist

Alberto Arca Parró

Peruvian politician and economist (1901-1976)

F

Florencio Coronado Gutiérrez

Peruvian musician

G

Gaspar de Munive

politician

G

Germán Martinelli Chuchón

Peruvian architect and politician

José Antonio Urquizo

Peruvian politician

Luis Guillermo Lumbreras

Peruvian anthropologist, archaeologist and educator

P

Pedro Richter Prada

Peruvian military and politician

R

Raúl García Zárate

Peruvian guitarist (1931-2017)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ayacucho

• Rancha
  2.9 mi away
• Santa Bárbara
  4.3 mi away
• Chunyacc
  6.6 mi away
• Condoray
  6.8 mi away
• San Jose de Ticllas
  7.5 mi away
• Nueva Alanya
  7.9 mi away
• Ccechcca
  8.7 mi away
• Ocho de diciembre
  9 mi away
• Colpa
  9.1 mi away
• La Vega
  9.1 mi away
• Buenos Aires
  9.3 mi away
• Quinua
  9.6 mi away · pop. 2,115

Browse all places in Ayacucho →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ayacucho

Insulin-Like Growth Factor System Is Modulated by Exercise in Breast Cancer Survivors

Ayacucho Ayacucho Press · 2016

Ayacucho, filigrana

2000

Monumentos coloniales de Huamanga (Ayacucho)

Pio Máximo Medina · 1942

La montaña de Ayacucho

Dionisio Ortiz · 1981

Ayacucho, prensa y violencia

Mario Teodoro Cueto Cárdenas · 2009

Los Ayacuchos

Benito Pérez Galdós · 1900

Gramática quechua: Ayacucho-Chanca

Clodoaldo Soto Ruiz · 1976

Los crímenes de Sendero Luminoso en Ayacucho

Alberto Valencia Cárdenas · 1992

Search results from Open Library.

Gallery

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