Ayacucho is the capital of Peru's Ayacucho Region and Huamanga Province, in the south-central Andean highlands at an elevation of about 2,761 meters. Spanish colonists founded it in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga, and Simon Bolivar renamed it Ayacucho in 1825 to commemorate the decisive Battle of Ayacucho in Peru's war of independence; the Quechua name means corner of the dead, after the battle's casualties. The city proper had about 180,766 residents as of 2015, with a metropolitan population of 229,455 across five districts by 2020. Ayacucho is known for 33 colonial-era churches, traditionally said to represent one for each year of the life of Jesus, and for its Holy Week celebrations and folk art traditions.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ayacucho (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 216,444 (2017)
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevation for Ayacucho
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m elevation at the infobox coordinates of the city
"elevation": 2722.0
SRTM 90 m elevation, band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland, to 1500 m highland
"elevation": 2722.0
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -13.25, -74.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -13.25, -74.25
-13.25 -74.25 Cwb
4. GeoNames: Ayacucho - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3947019, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3947019, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-13.1638 -74.22345 P PPLA PE 05 0501 050101 140033 2805 America/Lima
Ayacucho (Wikipedia)
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Ayacucho (Spanish pronunciation: [aʝaˈkutʃo], Quechua: Ayak'uchu, derived from the words aya ("death" or "soul") and k'uchu ("corner")), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga) until 1825, is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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