Huanta

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Huanta
Wanta
Town
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Sagrado Corazón Convent, Huanta
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Nickname: 
La Esmeralda de los Andes / The Emerald of the Andes
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Huanta
Coordinates: 12°56′23″S74°14′51″W / 12.93972°S 74.24750°W / -12.93972; -74.24750
CountryFlag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huanta
District Huanta
Demonym Huantino
City EstablishedNovember 22, 1905
Government
  MayorRenol Silbio Pichardo Ramos
Elevation
2,628 m (8,622 ft)
Population
  Estimate 
(2015) [1]
35,429
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
Website www.munihuanta.gob.pe

Huanta is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Huanta in the region Ayacucho. [2]

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History

In the era of the Spanish American wars of independence, Huanta remained loyal to the Spanish monarch Ferdinand VII and the viceroy of Peru designated it the "Loyal and Invincible Villa of Huanta", a source of pride for the residents. [3] Huanta and the province was the site of a major rebellion (1825–28) against the newly formed Peruvian state. The Huanta Rebellion, characterized as a monarchist rebellion, brought together different ethnic and occupational groups in complex interactions. The peasants of Huanta were originally monarchist rebels and were transformed into liberal guerrillas. Although the rebels were largely illiterate and considered passive and reactionary, recent research argues that they had a clear vision of national politics. [4] The Huanta rebellion was defeated militarily, but the local leaders did not suffer the severe repression that characterized earlier rebellions, most notably the Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II. [5]

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References

  1. Perú: Población estimada al 30 de junio y tasa de crecimiento de las ciudades capitales, por departamento, 2011 y 2015. Perú: Estimaciones y proyecciones de población total por sexo de las principales ciudades, 2012-2015 (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. March 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved June 10, 2008
  3. Monografía Histórico-Geográfica del Departamento de Ayacucho, p. 181, quoted in Méndez, The Plebeian Republic, pp. 33, 259, fn.8.
  4. Cecilia Méndez, The Plebeian Republic: The Huanta Rebellion and the Making of the Peruvian State, 1820-1850. Durham: Duke University Press 2005.
  5. Méndez, The Plebeian Republic, pp. 234-35.

12°56′23″S74°14′51″W / 12.93972°S 74.24750°W / -12.93972; -74.24750