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Apurímac is a department (administrative region) located in Peru, situated in the southern highlands of the country. It matters as one of Peru's twenty-four departments and represents an important part of the nation's geographical and administrative divisions.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Apurímac Department is referenced by 691 other articles, and connects out to Abancay Province, Chincheros Province and Andahuaylas Province.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics Cocaine, Department of Apurímac and Departments of Peru.
Its subject is documented across 54 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Peru
- Country
- Peru
- Located in
- Peru
- Contains
- Grau Province
- Capital
- Abancay
- Population
- 419957
- Area
- 20895.77
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Arequipa Department
- Image
- Uspaccocha nevado.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Department of Apurímac
- category of associated people
- Category:People from the Department of Apurímac
- Commons category
- Apurímac Department
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
Apurímac ( Spanish pronunciation: [apuˈɾimak]) is a department of Peru. Located in the southern-central part of the country, it is bordered on the east by Cuzco, on the west by Ayacucho, and on the south by the Arequipa and Ayacucho. It is administered by a regional government and its capital city is Abancay.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apurímac Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.