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	Peru South America Travel and Tours to Peru by Enjoy South America
		AREQUIPA In the department of Arequipa are found two of the world's deepest canyons: Cotahuasi, in the province of La Union, and Colca, in Cailloma.
		AYACUCHO The past and the present are found in an Andean city 570 kms.
		TARAPOTO The department of San Martin, in the Higher Jungle of northeastern Peru, is a colorful corner of the country, with amazing scenery and enormous contrasts, offering the visitor adventure without limit in exuberant forests, mythical lagoons, extraordinary waterfalls and rolling rivers.
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	Ayacucho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ayacucho is the capital of the department of Ayacucho in Peru.
		Ayacucho has a current population of 140,500 (2005 estimate), which is an increase from the c.
		Ayacucho is known as the city of 33 (colonial) churches, such as Santo Domingo, San Agustin and San Francisco.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ayacucho (468 words)

	4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights New York, 16 December 1966 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Department of Huánuco (Province of Ambo and District of Monzón of the Province of Huamaliés).
		Department of Huánuco (Provinces of Ambo and Leoncio Prado; Districts of Monzón of the Province of Huamalíes and Cholón of the Province of Marañón).
		Department of Huánuco: Ambo and Leoncio Prado, District of Monzón (Province of Huamaliés) and District of Cholón (province of Marañón);
	www.ohchr.org /english/countries/ratification/4_3.htm (12874 words)

	Ayacucho (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the late 1970s, Ayacucho was the site where guerilla communist insurgents led by Abimael Guzmán started waging war against the Government of Peru by masterminding some of the worst terrorist activities in the History of Peru.
		Ayacucho is also known as the city of 33 (colonial) churches, such as Santo Domingo, San Agustin and San Francisco.
		The city of Ayacucho has a population of 140,500 (2005 estimate), which is an increase from the c.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Ayacucho.htm (489 words)

	ayacucho
		The department of Ayacucho is located in the Central peruvian Andes, and it also covers some areas of jungle in the northwest of the departament.
		Already in the seventeenth century, Ayacucho had an important textile industry, it was the seat of the Archbishopric and home to a university, which made it one of the most important cities in the Viceroyship
		Ayacucho is called the Peruvian Capital of Handicrafts and has spread its art all over the world.
	www.cuzcoonline.com /ayacucho_ing.htm (533 words)

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		Ayacucho, the birthplace of Sendero, has taken on a symbolic value in the battle between the government and the guerrillas, and is the most violent Department, boasting the highest numbers of victims in the country - 38% of the total.
		The focus of the programme is on the Ayacucho Province where a large percentage of the displaced wanted to return to their lands, at the expense of areas of high concentration of the displaced, like Lima and Ica, where the vast majority of displaced wanted to stay and be properly integrated into the cities.
		Back in the highlands of Ayacucho, they at least have the possibility of improving their situations, although they will face an extremely precarious existence especially at the start; they have little in terms of personal possessions and will have a long wait until they are able to reap the benefits of their own harvests.
	www.fmreview.org /rpn186.htm (2153 words)

	Ayacucho
		Ayacucho is about half way between Lima and Cusco, and is known as "La Cuidad de le Iglesias", The city of Churches, because of its 33 splendid colonial churches.
		Note : Ayacucho was the headquarters of Sendero Luminoso, and subsequently there is still a large military presence in the region, although there is now little or no terrorist activity.
		Day two is spent visiting the impressive Wari ruins in the morning before spending the afternoon touring the beautiful city of Ayacucho and its impressive array of baroque churches.
	www.adventuraperu.com /ayacucho.htm (437 words)

	Insurgency In Peru: The Shining Path
		From the remote highland department of Ayacucho, the assassinations, bombings, and attacks on representatives and symbols of established authority here spread to a national level and gained worldwide fame, or infamy, for the name of Sendero Luminoso.
		Modern Peru is concentrated in the urbanized department of Lima and the adjacent province of Callao.
		Ayacucho recovered much of its previous normality, there was a long period of calm, and Sendero was practically dislocated from the city.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1988/HJV.htm (19503 words)

	Ayacucho - Atlas Tours and Travels to Peru
		It limits to the north with the departments of Huancavelica, Junín and Cusco, to the east with Apurímac, to the south with Arequipa and to the west with Ica.
		Ayacucho city is considered one of the most beautiful of Peru with a lot of colonialism still running through its streets.
		Ayacucho is considered the cradle of artisans in Peru and its handicrafts are worldwide admired.
	www.atlastoursandtravels.com /ayacucho.php (264 words)

	Peru - Consular Information Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sporadic, isolated incidents of Sendero violence occurred in 1999 in rural provinces of the Junin, Huanuco, San Martin and Ayacucho Departments.
		Ayacucho Department: Provinces of La Mar and Huanta (except Huanta City), and the highway that joins Huanta City to Ayacucho City.
		Huancavelica Department: Provinces of Huancavelica, Castrovirreyna and Huaytara.
	baby.indstate.edu /geo/cart/peru_ci.html (3118 words)

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		Arable land is so scarce that only 8 per cent of the farm families in the Department of Ayacucho are scheduled to benefit from the sweeping land reform being carried out by the present military government.
		The social and political impact of this growth is most easily seen in the city of Ayacucho, which has grown from a sleepy and isolated departmental capital (population 16,642 in 1940 and 24,836 in 1961) into one of the leading educational centers in the Andes.
		Ayacucho’s sudden growth in the 1960s is due almost entirely to the infusion of people and government funds into the new educational institutions that have proliferated over the past decade.
	www.normangall.com /brazil_art11_2.htm (6579 words)

	UNESCO Courier: Ayacucho: an uneasy calm - includes related article on the cost of the civil war to Peru - Ayacucho, ...
		Ayacucho, capital of the Peruvian department of the same name, still lives on edge nearly 20 years after the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrillas first went into action there.
		Ayacucho is the cradle of the Wari culture which produced a remarkable pre-Inca empire and displays its mixed heritage with a rich musical tradition blending the sounds of Andean huayno dance music with a distinct romantic element of Spanish origin.
		The department of Ayacucho was by far the worst hit by the Shining Path's terror.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1999_April/ai_54577909 (1176 words)

	PERU'S WAR
		In the Department of Huancavelica, which is contiguous to the Department of Ayacucho, the rate is two hundred and seventy-five.
		"Ayacucho isn't worth anything, and Ayacuchanos are worth less", said a nurse who was disgusted that the flight to Ayacucho had been canceled--a frequent occurrence, she explained, noting that there had already been four flights to Cuzco that day.
		In Ayacucho, the pro-Chinese faction was headed by Abimael Guzman Reynoso, a sombre, intellectually disciplined philosophy professor at the university.
	www.geocities.com /djmabry/latin/sendero.html (8868 words)

	Andeantravelers.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Distant 1 km from the town is the Pampa de Ayacucho, a historical location where the Battle of Ayacucho that sealed the Independence of South America was held on December 9th, 1 824.
		Located 102 km from Ayacucho and about 3 h drive, it is an archaeological complex featuring a palace, a tower, the Inca bath (with a 13-corner stone) and a lagoon in the middle of the archaeological complex at 2 300 m.a.s.l.
		Located 51 km from Ayacucho and about 50 minutes drive, this is a privileged valley because of its location and its rich flora and fauna.
	www.andeantravelers.com /especialinterest_ayacucho.asp (1321 words)

	Peru Shining Path Rebellion 1980-Present
		Founded in the remote and impoverished department of Ayacucho by Abimáel Guzmán Reynoso, a philosophy professor at the University of Huamanga, the SL blended the ideas of MarxismLeninism, Maoism, and those of José Carlos Mariátegui, Peru's major Marxist theoretician.
		From 1980 to 1990, an estimated 200,000 persons were driven from their homes, with about 18,000 people killed, mostly in the department of Ayacucho and neighboring areas.
		In five provinces in Ayacucho, the resident population dropped by two-thirds, and many villages were virtual ghost towns.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/papa/peru1980.htm (975 words)

	Rumbos Online: Ayacucho in the Heart
		In the Ayacucho area, the nucleus of the Inca power was the administrative center of Vilcashuamán, with its impressive remains, typical of an Inca administrative center: the ushnu symbolical representation of the governing hierarchy the Temple of the Sun and state warehouses.
		The 1980's was the decade of terror and death in rural areas, that compelled the compulsive migration of the peasant population and increased the city of Ayacucho´s population from 70,000 inhabitants in 1981 to the 120,000 inhabitants it has today.
		This is because the political violence increased the emigration of the Ayacucho population from all the provinces towards Lima, Huancayo, Ica and other urban centers.
	www.rumbosonline.com /articles/13-42-destinoayacucho.htm (1251 words)

	RIC Query - Peru (27 January 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This faction was headquartered in the Viscatán region of Ayacucho Department (NEWSWEEK 28 Sep 1992; IPS 22 Nov 1999).
		In mid- February, subversives attacked an Army helicopter in the south Andean region of Viscatán, Huanta Province, Ayacucho Department allegedly killing a sergeant and injuring a lieutenant on board (Notimex 18 Feb 2001).
		An Ayacucho police report obtained by EL COMERCIO in December 2002 assessed the status of the SL Regional Committee that controls a region of the Apurímac Ene River Valley.
	uscis.gov /graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/PER03002.htm (6071 words)

	AYACUCHO PERU,TRAVEL TO AYACUCHO AND TOURS IN AYACUCHO - PLAN YOUR TRIP TO AYACUCHO
		The department of Ayacucho is located in the south central Sierra of the Peruvian Andes.
		The capital is the city of Ayacucho (although the local people still use the old name, Huamanga) is located at 2,761 m.a.s.l.
		Ayacucho's handicrafts are particularly rich due to the presence of several cultures, notably the Spanish and Indian, which mingled several expressions, including:
	www.triplatino.com /ayacucho.htm (1157 words)

	APURIMAC - LoveToKnow Article on APURIMAC
		, an interior department of southern Peru, bounded by the department of Ayacucho, E. by Cuzco, S. and W. by izco and Ayacucho, Area, 8187 sq.
		le department was created ~fl 1873 and comprises five provinces.
		south-west of Cuzco, uich is only a village in size but is rich in historical associations d Andahuaylas, in the north-west part of the department, are principal towns.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AP/APURIMAC.htm (843 words)

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		In December 1982 the state of emergency was renewed in seven provinces in Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica departments, and extended to one further province in Huancavelica department.
		In November 1990 the authorities lifted the state of emergency in the province of Huamanga, Ayacucho department, which is traditionally regarded as the stronghold of the PCP.
		In the department of Puno, four peasants were reportedly found dead in May 1991 at the army base in Ayaviri the day after their detention by troops.
	www.amnestyusa.org /document.php?lang=e&id=AC0F03B4A7E9F213802569A600601EDC (14386 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Ayacucho
		Ayacucho, city in southern Peru, capital of Ayacucho Department.
		It is an agricultural, manufacturing, and tourist centre.
		Ayacucho, Battle of, last major engagement of the South American war for independence; fought on December 9, 1824, it resulted in victory for the...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Ayacucho.html (80 words)

	Turismo en Ayacucho - Semana Santa en Ayacucho, Huanta, Cangallo, Lucanas, Vilcashuamán- Hoteles, Restaurantes
		Una buena oportunidad para visitar Ayacucho es durante la Semana Santa, la más emotiva y espectacular del país.
		The Ayacucho department is crossed by two mountain ranges that divide it into three geographic parts: the altiplanic region towards the south, extreme highlands in the center, and tropical jungles in the northeast.
		Ayacucho, land of artisans, also offers its visitors impressive works of art like the retablos, small portable shrines that represents Andean scenes, Sarhua boards, which has worked into it one's family tree, and carvings of alabaster, a material also known as Huamanga stone.
	www.helloayacucho.com (367 words)

	AYACUCHO: Life after death in the Andes - NI 321 - The FACTS: Ayacucho in Peru
		While population in Peru increased during the 1980s and 1990s, violence caused it to fall by 3.5 per cent in the department of Ayacucho, and 23 per cent in its rural areas, between 1981 and 1993.
		Of the 135,000 hectares cultivated in Ayacucho in 1980 only 53,000 were still in use in 1985.
		Ayacucho suffered the brunt of disappearances – 70 per cent of the national total.
	www.newint.org /issue321/facts.htm (663 words)

	International -- Spotlight
		Behind a straw-matting screen stretching up a narrow street in Ayacucho, trainee bricklayer Luz Maria Prado is curing the adobe walls of the old San Cristobal seminary that have been covered by cement and plaster for decades.
		''Ayacucho is making a comeback,'' says Enrique Martinelli, head of the Inter-American Development Bank-funded restoration, part of a wider project to revive tourism after a decade of dirty war.
		In Ayacucho Department alone, more than 7,000 people died and 2,000 disappeared from the population of about half a million.
	www.businessweek.com /@@EtrnQYcAle4KpQEA/1999/99_37/c3646211.htm (709 words)

	Peru 9429
		DEPARTMENT OF AYACUCHO: It is informed of the illegal executions of: PATROCINIO QUICCHA ESPINOSA, VIRGILIO HUARANCA, OSWALDO CASTAÑEDA, FILON PALOMINO AYALA, HERACLIO PALOMINO AYALA and ESTILO AYALA.
		According to the reports the men were arrested after being accused of involvement in guerrilla activities, accusations which have been denied by their families.
		In spite of the Peruvian Government's reply considering this case closed and of no further investigation, it is suggested that the Commission continue its efforts to assure that a complete investigation is made and that the responsible agents for this death be brought to justice.
	www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/86.87eng/Peru9429.htm (1318 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		Libertad Nº 793, Ayacucho, Province of Huamanga, in the Department of Ayacucho.
		Another factor that, in certain Departments and under particular circumstances, could lead to the detention and later disappearance of many people was the fact that they were not carrying their voter registration documents, which were used for identification purposes.
		By virtue of that state of emergency, in numerous Departments Article 2(20)(g)30 of the 1979 Constitution had been suspended, which meant that the military was legally empowered to detain a person without a warrant from a competent judge, even if an individual was not being caught in flagranti.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/cases/1998/peru54-99.html (11735 words)

	INCALINK AYACUCHO
		It was there that an army comprised of Peruvians, Argentinians, Colombians, Chileans and soldiers from Venezuela led by Mariscal Sucre defeated the Spanish forces and obligated them to sign the Capitulation of Ayacucho, in which they renounced their colonies on the continent.
		As of that historical event, the nearby city of Huamanga adopted the name of Ayacucho, which became the capital of the province carrying that same name.
		The province or department of Ayacucho is a hilly territory, ripe with low mountains and narrow valleys covered with all types of cactus.
	www.incalink.com /CULTURAayacucho.htm (735 words)

	Peru - Shining Path and Its Impact
		The SL's vengeful approach appeared attractive to many, coming at a time when the migration pathway to social change appeared blocked, the ability to progress by this method stymied by the economic crisis, and rural development was at an all-time low ebb.
		From 1980 to 1990, an estimated 200,000 persons were driven from their homes, with about 18,000 people killed, mostly in the department of Ayacucho and neighboring areas.
		In five provinces in Ayacucho, the resident population dropped by two-thirds, and many villages were virtual ghost towns.
	countrystudies.us /peru/48.htm (621 words)

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		Ayacucho has become the group's main strong-hold and political violence and human rights violations by the authorities have become more prevalent in Ayacucho than in any other department of Peru.
		He reportedly confirmed that during his visit to Ayacucho he had found conclusive evidence that the army officer known as "Centurión" was responsible for the killings.
		On 19 March 1991 the Provincial Prosecutor wrote to the Peruvian General Police of the district of Chuschi, to the commander of the 34th infantry batallion of the Pampa Cangallo military base, and to the Political-Military Chief of the Ayacucho Sub-zone, inquiring as to the motive for the detention of the four men.
	www.amnestyusa.org /document.php?lang=e&id=3A9655BBD96D216A802569A6006014C6 (4258 words)

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