Ayacucho is a city in eastern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; the administrative seat of Ayacucho Partido. The city is located on the bankAgriculture Arroyo Tandileoufú. Agriculture and ranching are central to the economy, along with agrotourism.

Toponym

The city is named after the Battle of Ayacucho (December 9, 1824), which took place in Peru. That was the final battle for the independence of Argentina and hispanic South America. The settlement was founded on 22 June 1866 by Zoilo Miguens.

Geography

The city is located 305 km South of Buenos Aires, 150 km North-West of Mar del Plata, 157 km West of Pinamar and 67 km East of Tandil. The partido is traversed by Provincial Routes 29, 74, 50 and 60, and by National Route 2.

Main Parks and Attractions

Ayacucho and Martín Fierro

Martín Fierro is regarded as the pinnacle of the genre of "gauchesque" poetry. The epic poem, by Argentine writer José Hernández, evokes de life of an impoverished gaucho who has been drafted to serve at a border fort, defending the Argentine inner frontier against the native peoples. The only place that is mentioned throughout the whole book is Ayacucho. This gives us a notion of the places where the gaucho lived. José Zoilo Miguens, the first publisher of the book, was the founder of Ayacucho. This fact currently lets the city of Ayacucho become the center of debate about Martin Fierro. The workshops for investigation, promotion and debate about the universe of Martín Fierro take place in Ayacucho evey year.