Ayacucho (disambiguation)

Ayacucho (disambiguation)

Ayacucho is a Quechua word meaning "city of the dead". Originally it was the name of a city in Peru where the decisive battle in Peru's war of independence was fought, but the name is also used in other parts of Latin America to commemorate that city and the battle.

*Ayacucho – the original city in Peru.
*Ayacucho Region, a region in Peru.
*Battle of Ayacucho (9 December 1824).
*Ayacucho Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
*Ayacucho Parish is a parish in Guayaquil Canton, Guayas, Ecuador.
*Puerto Ayacucho is a city in Venezuela.


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