Organization:San Cristóbal of Huamanga University
Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga | |
Other name | UNSCH |
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Motto | Primum Vivere, Deinde Philosophare |
Motto in English | First Live, then Philosophize |
Type | Public |
Established | July 3, 1677 |
Founder | Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora |
Rector | Dr. Homero Ango Aguilar |
Students | 8,984 (2010) |
Address | Portal Independencia Nº 57 , Ayacucho , Peru [ ⚑ ] : 13°08′53″S 74°13′12″W / 13.148°S 74.22°W |
Campus | Urban |
|u}}rs | Gray |
Mascot | Eagle |
Website | www |
The National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga) is a public university located in the city of Ayacucho (formerly known as Huamanga) in southern Peru.
History
The university was established in 1677 by Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora, the Catholic archbishop of La Plata o Charcas. Until it was closed in the mid-19th century, it operated mostly as a seminary for the training of Catholic priests. The government of Perú reopened it in 1959 as a national university.
In the 1960s, the university became a breeding ground for communist organizations, including the Shining Path. This group, led by philosophy professor Abimael Guzmán, started there before growing into a violent guerrilla movement that conducted a bloody campaign against the government of Perú and against rival leftists groups. (See also Efraín Morote Best.)
The rector of the university is Homero Ango Aguilar, a biologist.[1]
See also
- List of colonial universities in Latin America
References
- ↑ "Rector". http://www.unsch.edu.pe/index.php/rector/. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
External links
- (in Spanish) Official website
- (in Spanish) Ayacucho República Aristocrática photo gallery
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San Cristóbal of Huamanga University.
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