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Huari (archaeological Site)
Huari or Wari is an archaeological site located near the town of Quinua, 22 km northeast of the city of Ayacucho, in the Ayacucho Region, Peru at an elevation between 2600 and 2900 meters. It was the capital city of the Huari Empire and one of the largest urban settlements in ancient Peru. History Huari was founded ca. 400 AD and gained prominence around 550 AD. At its height, the city was inhabited by around 70,000 people from different cultures, making it the center of a new religion that synthesized the beliefs of those various peoples. The city was abandoned ca. 1000 AD. Layout The archaeological site spans an area of 2000 hectares, and comprises several areas or neighborhoods. Buildings are made of stone and mudbrick, and painted in red and white. Many of the structures had residential, administrative or religious purposes. See also *Cultural periods of Peru *Chuqi Pukyu *Northern Wari ruins *Wari Empire The Wari Empire or Huari Empire was a political formation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huamanga Province
Huamanga is a province in the northern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Ayacucho. Political division The province covers and is divided into fifteen districts: * Ayacucho (Ayacucho) * Acocro ( Acocro) * Acos Vinchos ( Acos Vinchos) * Carmen Alto ( Carmen Alto) * Chiara ( Chiara) * Jesús Nazareno ( Las Nazarenas) * Ocros ( Ocros) * Pacaycasa ( Pacaycasa) * Quinua (Quinua) * San José de Ticllas ( Ticllas) * San Juan Bautista ( San Juan Bautista) * Santiago de Pischa ( San Pedro de Cachi) * Socos ( Socos) * Tambillo ( Tambillo) * Vinchos ( Vinchos) * Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (Jardín) Geography One of the highest mountains of the province is Yanapatira at approximately . Other mountains are listed below: Ethnic groups The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.31% o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayacucho Region
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. 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 ( es, provincias, singular: ''provincia''), which are composed of 111 districts (''distritos'', singular: ''distrito''). Provinces The provinces, with their capitals in parenthesis, are: # Cangallo ( Cangallo) # Huamanga (Ayacucho) # Huanca Sancos ( Huanca Sancos) # Huanta (Huanta) # La Mar ( San Miguel) # Lucanas (Puquio) # Parinacochas ( Coracora) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |