# Huanta

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| nickname           = La Esmeralda de los Andes / The Emerald of the Andes
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| subdivision_name2  = [Huanta](/source/Huanta_Province)
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| subdivision_name3  = [Huanta](/source/Huanta_District)
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| subdivision_name4  = ''Huantino''
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| leader_name        = Renol Silbio Pichardo Ramos
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| website            = [http://www.munihuanta.gob.pe www.munihuanta.gob.pe]
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'''Huanta''' is a town in Central [Peru](/source/Peru), capital of the province [Huanta](/source/Huanta_Province) in the region [Ayacucho](/source/Ayacucho_Region).<ref>{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Digital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2008-04-23 }}, Retrieved June 10, 2008</ref>

==History==
In the era of the [Spanish American wars of independence](/source/Spanish_American_wars_of_independence), Huanta remained loyal to the Spanish monarch [Ferdinand VII](/source/Ferdinand_VII_of_Spain) and the [viceroy of Peru](/source/viceroy_of_Peru) designated it the "Loyal and Invincible ''Villa'' of Huanta", a source of pride for the residents.<ref>''Monografía Histórico-Geográfica del Departamento de Ayacucho'', p. 181, quoted in Méndez, ''The Plebeian Republic'', pp. 33, 259, fn.8.</ref> Huanta and the province was the site of [a major rebellion (1825–28)](/source/Iquicha_War_of_1825%E2%80%931828) against the newly formed Peruvian state. The Huanta Rebellion, characterized as a monarchist rebellion, brought together different ethnic and occupational groups in complex interactions.  The peasants of Huanta were originally monarchist rebels and were transformed into liberal [guerrillas](/source/guerrillas). Although the rebels were largely illiterate and considered passive and reactionary, recent research argues that they had a clear vision of national politics.<ref>Cecilia Méndez, ''The Plebeian Republic: The Huanta Rebellion and the Making of the Peruvian State, 1820-1850''. Durham: Duke University Press 2005.</ref>  The Huanta rebellion was defeated militarily, but the local leaders did not suffer the severe repression that characterized earlier rebellions, most notably the [Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II](/source/Rebellion_of_T%C3%BApac_Amaru_II).<ref>Méndez, ''The Plebeian Republic'', pp. 234-35.</ref> Other conflicts in Huanta include the [Salt Tax Revolt](/source/Salt_Tax_Revolt_(Peru)) (1896–1897) and the {{ill|Huanta Rebellion|es|Rebelión de Huanta}} (1969).

==Further reading==
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*Cavero, Luis E. ''Monografía de la Provincia de Huanta'', vol. 1. Lima 1953.
*Coronel Aguirre, José. "Don Manuel Jesús Urbina: creación del Colegio de Instrucción Media González Vigil y las pugnas por el Poder Local en Huanta (1910-1930)." In ''Libro Jubilar, 1933-1983, Comité Central Pro-Bodas de Oro del Colegio Nacional González Vigil''. Huanta: Colegio Nacional González Vigil and Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga.
*Husson, Patrick. "Guerre indienne et revolte paysanne dans la province de Huanta (Départament d'Ayacucho-Pérou) au XIXéme siecle." PhD dissertation, Université Paris IV, Sorgonne.
*Husson, Patrick. ''De la Guerra a la Rebelión: Huanta siglo XIX''. Cuzco: CBC 1992.
*Méndez, Cecilia. ''The Plebeian Republic: The Huanta Rebellion and the Making of the Peruvian State, 1820-1850''. Durham: Duke University Press 2005.
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