Ayacucho 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.
Huanca Sancos is a province in central Ayacucho, Peru. On April 3, 1983, Shining Path terrorists entered the town of Lucanamarca and killed 69 people.
Huamanga is a province in the northern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayacucho.
Lucanas is the largest province in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. Its seat is Puquio.
The Cangallo Province is a province located in the Ayacucho Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up the region. The province has a population of 36,977 inhabitants as of census 2005. The capital of the province is the city of Cangallo.
Víctor Fajardo Province is a province in the centre of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.
Morcolla is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.
Vilcanchos is a district in the western Víctor Fajardo Province in Peru. It is bordered by Santiago de Chocorvos District in the west, Totos District in the north, Sarhua District in the east, and Santiago de Lucanamarca District in the south.
Acocro District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.
Huanta District is one of eight districts of the Huanta Province in Peru. Its seat is Huanta.
Puquio District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.
Chuschi District is one of six districts of the Cangallo Province in Peru.
Paras District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru.
Totos District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru.
Pullo District is one of eight districts of the province Parinacochas in Peru.
Sacsamarca District is one of four districts of the Huanca Sancos Province in Peru.
Carapo District is one of four districts of the Huanca Sancos Province in Peru.
Vischongo District is one of eight districts of the Vilcas Huamán Province in Peru.
Pukara is an archaeological site in the Ayacucho Region in Peru. It is located in the Víctor Fajardo Province, Sarhua District. The site lies on the bank of the Lucanamarca River, west of Qaracha River, spread over three mountain tops at an altitude of 3,860 metres (12,664 ft).
Qunchupata is an archaeological zone in Peru. It is located in the Ayacucho Region, Huamanga Province, Ayacucho District. The site was declared a National Cultural Heritage (Patrimonio Cultural) of Peru by Resolución Directional Nacional No. 458-98-INC on December 15, 1998.
