Sangarará is a small village in Peru, located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

, and more specifically in the

Sangarará District Sangarará District is one of seven districts of the province Acomayo in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.11%) lear ...

of the

Acomayo Province Acomayo Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political division The province is divided into seven districts ( ...

. Sangarará is located at 13° 57' 18 S, 71° 36' 10 W. The village was the site of a significant victory for rebel forces under

Túpac Amaru II José Gabriel Condorcanqui ( – May 18, 1781)known as Túpac Amaru II was an indigenous Cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru. He later became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle for independence and in ...

in 1780 in the

Battle of Sangarará The Battle of Sangarará was fought on November 18, 1780 in Sangarará, Viceroyalty of Peru, between rebel forces under Túpac Amaru II and Spanish colonial forces under Tiburcio Landa. Túpac Amaru II's forces won decisively. Background The Ba ...

References

District Divisions from the INEI
BBC - Túpac Amaru 2 and the battle of Sangarará Populated places in the Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub