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Ayacucho. Perú | |
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|[pic]El departamento de Ayacucho es |  |[pic]The Ayacuchodepartment is crossed |
|atravesado por dos cordilleras que lo | |by two mountain ranges that divide it |
|dividen en tres unidades geográficas: de | |into three geographic parts: the|
|altiplanicies hacia el sur, de abrupta | |altiplanic region towards the south, |
|serranía al centro y selvático-tropical | |extreme highlands in the center, and |
|al noreste. Tieneuna topografía | |tropical jungles in the northeast. The |
|accidentada y clima variado. | |topography varies greatly as well as the|
|La población es descendiente de la| |climate. |
|poderosa cultura Wari, que habitó gran | |It is known as “The city of churches” |
|parte de este territorio entre los siglos| |since people saythat there is a church |
|VI y XII y dejó a la posteridad la | |on practically every corner in Ayacucho.|
|ciudadela Wari, centro urbano y | |The Cathedral, the Company of Jesus|
|ceremonial. También puede visitarse el | |Christ, San Francisco of Assisi, Santo |
|Complejo Arqueológico de Vilcashuamán, un| |Domingo, and Santa Clara are some of the|
|importantecentro administrativo y | |most beautiful Colonial churches in the |
|religioso inca. | |city. |
|Conocida como “La ciudad de las| | |
|iglesias”, se dice que en Ayacucho, la | |The inhabitants are descendents of the |
|capital del departamento, existe | |powerful Wariswho lived in a large part|
|prácticamente un templo en cada esquina. | |of this territory between the sixth and |
|La Catedral, la Compañía de Jesús, San | |twelfth centuries and left the Wari...