Cangallo
Cangallo | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Cangallo |
| District | Cangallo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Percy Colos Ayala |
| Elevation | 2,577 m (8,455 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Cangallo is a town in southern Peru, capital of the province Cangallo in the region Ayacucho.[1]
In the region of Cangallo live the Morochuco mestizos.
Fight for independence at Cangallo 1814-1822
As a consequence of the discrimination of the natives and mestizos in Perú, there were many executions of Peruvian aborigine leaders by the Spanish colonial authorities of the viceroyalty. In the course of the many rebellions and independence movements, the Morochuco population of the Cangallo region declared independence from colonial Spain in 1814. The Morochuco farmers then fought several battles in the region of Cangallo, among others at Matará, Rucumachay, Atunguana and Atuntoqto. The resistance against colonial troops went on until 1821.
One of the Morochuco leaders became Basilio Aqui. He let prepare a mud field in the plain of Seqchapampa so the Spanish cavallery should die in the mud trap which was successful on 21 November 1821 when Spanish cavallery was sent and a flight movement was simulated. As a revenge for this defeit of the best colonial Spanish cavallery in the mud the Spanish intendant José Domingo Carratalá let attack Cangallo by Spanish troops on 17 December 1821. Cangallo was burnt and Spanish troops produced a massacre on the population shooting elder men, women and children.
After more attacks by units of Basilio Auqui the resistance movement under Auqui was coming to an end by betrayal in 1822, when the Spanish intendant Carratalá set out a head money on Auqui. The traitor Quinto got the money, Aqui was captured, brought to Ayacucho and executed by shooting on Plaza de Santa Teresa at Ayacucho. There is a monument of the hero of Cangallo Morochuco resistance at the place he was shot.
Sources
- Prof. Juan Perlacios Campos: Historia; Centro Preuniversitario de la Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga; Ayacucho, Perú
External links
- Morochuco hero Basilio Auqui of Cangallo - fight for independence (1814-1822) (Radio Sucre, Perú, detailed text in Spanish, with foto)
References
- ^ Template:Es icon Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital, Retrieved January 9, 2008