Sangarará is a small village in Peru, located in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), 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 Dios and Puno ...

, and more specifically in the Sangarará District of the Acomayo Province. 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 Tupac Amaru II (born José Gabriel Condorcanqui Noguera, – 18 May 1781) was an Indigenous ''cacique'' who led a Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II, large Andean rebellion against the Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish in Peru as Self-proclaimed monarc ...

in 1780 in the

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

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