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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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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.