Axum
a town in Tigré, a division of Abyssinia, once the capital of an important kingdom, and at one time the great depot of the ivory trade in the Red Sea.
AYACUCHO (ä-yä-kö'chō), formerly Huamanga or Guamanga, a town in the Peruvian department of the same name, 220 miles E. S. E. of Lima. Founded by Pizarro in 1539, it is now a handsome and thriving town. Here, on Dec. 9, 1824, the combined forces of Peru and Colombia-the latter then comprising Ecuador, New Granada, and Venezuelatotally defeated the last Spanish army that ever set foot on the continent. Pop. about 300,000; town, about 10,000.