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Ayacucho (city)

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Ayacucho

Capital of Ayacucho department in the Andean Mountains of central Peru, 578 km/359 mi southeast of Lima, at an altitude of 2,746 m/3,009 ft; population (1993) 105,900. The city is in the centre of a mining region, and silver, copper, and nickel are mined nearby; it is also a tourist centre. Ayacucho was founded in 1539 by the Spanish conquistador Pizarro. The last great battle against Spanish troops in the war of independence was fought in 1824 at Quina 40 km/25 mi northeast of Ayacucho. The Maoist guerrilla group the Sendero Luminoso originated in Ayacucho in the 1960s.



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