Sivia

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| subdivision_name1 = Ayacucho Region

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| subdivision_name2 = Huanta Province

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| subdivision_name3 = Sivia District

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Sivia is a town in central Peru, capital of the Sivia District in Huanta Province, Ayacucho Region.{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.gob.pe/web_espanol/IGN/Pre_normalizacion_NNGG/htm/26-o.htm |title=Verifique los Nombres Geográficos de su Localidad |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |publisher=Instituto Geográfico Nacional |accessdate=14 November 2009 }} It is on the west bank of the Apurímac River, about {{cvt|3|km}} from the town of Pichari, capital of the Pichari District, La Convención Province, Cusco Region, on the other side of the river. Both towns are in the zone known as the Valley of the Apurímac and Ene River (Valle de los Ríos Apurímac y Ene, or VRAE). The VRAE is an area of such high childhood malnutrition and poverty that the government of Peru selected the VRAE to launch its National Strategy for Growth program in 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.crecer.gob.pe/noticias/201207-vrae.html |title=Crecer ya está en el VRAE |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=21 December 2007 |publisher=Comisión Interministerial de Asuntos Sociales |accessdate=14 November 2009 }} The VRAE is a major center of coca production.{{cite web |url=http://www.unodc.org/pdf/andean/Andean_report_Part5.pdf |title=Part 5. Peru Coca Cultivation Survey |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work=Peru Coca Survey for 2005 |publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |accessdate=14 November 2009 }}