Huanca Sancos is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
in central
Ayacucho
Ayacucho (, qu, Ayak'uchu) is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru.
During the Inca Empire and Viceroyalty of Peru periods the city was known by the name of Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga), and it c ...
,
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
. On April 3, 1983,
Shining Path
The Shining Path ( es, Sendero Luminoso), officially the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a communist guerrilla group in Peru following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the group as the Commun ...
terrorists entered the town of
Lucanamarca
Santiago de Lucanamarca District is one of four districts of the province Huanca Sancos in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Parya at . Other mountains are listed below:
The largest lake of the district is Qalla Qu ...
and
killed 69 people.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Political division
The province extends over an area of and is divided into four districts.
*
Sancos (
Huanca Sancos)
*
Carapo (
Carapo)
*
Sacsamarca (
Sacsamarca)
*
Santiago de Lucanamarca (
Lucanamarca
Santiago de Lucanamarca District is one of four districts of the province Huanca Sancos in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Parya at . Other mountains are listed below:
The largest lake of the district is Qalla Qu ...
)
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly
indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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citizens of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent.
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
is the language which the majority of the population (80.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, while 18.72% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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language (
2007 Peru Census).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
See also
* Kinwaqucha
* Ñawpallaqta
* Q'illumayu
* Wamanilla
Sources
External links
Truth and Reconciliation Commission press release on the Lucanamarca massacre
Provinces of the Ayacucho Region
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