Department_of_Trujillo
Department of Trujillo
Department of Peru (1821–1823)
The Department of Trujillo (Spanish: Departamento de Trujillo) was a short-lived department of the Protectorate of Peru that existed from 1821 to 1825, when it renamed into the Department of La Libertad.
| Departamento de Trujillo | |||||||||
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| Department of Peru | |||||||||
| 1821–1825 | |||||||||
Map of the department in 1821 | |||||||||
| Capital | Trujillo | ||||||||
| Historical era | Independence of Peru | ||||||||
| 12 February 1821 | |||||||||
• Name change | 9 March 1825 | ||||||||
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| • Type | Provinces | ||||||||
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After General Jose de San Martin landed at Paracas in September 1820, the intendant José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero and the city mayor led an independence movement that culminated with the declaration of the independence of the Intendancy of Trujillo on 29 December 1820. On 12 February 1821 Jose de San Martin issued a Provisional Regulation, providing for the creation of the department.[1][2][3]
The Governorate of Bracamoros supported Trujillo's independence and declared its own from the Real Audiencia of Quito on June 4, 1821. It was later incorporated into the department.[4]
The department was divided into seven provinces:[5]
| Provincia | Capital |
|---|---|
| Trujillo | Trujillo |
| Piura | San Miguel de Piura |
| Cajamarca | Cajamarca |
| Chachapoyas | San Juan de la Frontera |
| Chiclayo | Saña |
| Pataz | Pataz [es] |
| Huamachuco | Huamachuco |
In 1825, for its contribution during the Peruvian War of Independence, it was renamed the department of La Libertad.[6]
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- Paredes Laos, Jorge (2021-02-06). "El aniversario del manuscrito de Huaura, la primera constitución que tuvo el Perú". El Comercio.
- "Reseña histórica". Municipalidad provincial de Jaén.
- Kuong Cabello, Luis E. (1982). Retazos de la Historia de Moquegua (in Spanish). Universidad de Moquegua. p. 67.
- Alva Castro, Luis (2004). "Se dispone que el departamento de Trujillo se denomine La Libertad y su capital Ciudad de Bolívar Congreso Constituyente del Perú". Bolívar en La Libertad (PDF) (in Spanish). Sucre: Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Biblioteca Digital Andina. p. 96.