Intendancy_of_Trujillo

Intendancy of Trujillo

Intendancy of Trujillo

Intendancy of the Spanish Empire

The Intendancy of Trujillo (Spanish: Intendencia de Trujillo, formerly Truxillo),[1] also known informally as Trujillo Province (Spanish: Provincia de Trujillo (Truxillo)), was one of the territorial divisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru. This territory was ruled from the city of Trujillo, located in La Libertad Region. It was created in 1784 and lasted until 12 February 1821 when General Jose de San Martin created the Department of Trujillo through the Reglamento Provisional to replace it in the new Republic of Peru.[2]

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Subdivisions

The Trujillo Intendancy was divided into the following 7 parts, called "Partidos":[3]

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Intendants

The Governors (intendants) who ruled the intendence of Trujillo were:[4]

Independence

Plaque on the Freedom Monument in the Main Square of Trujillo city remembering the proclamation of the Independence of Trujillo by José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero

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 of Trujillo.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Gómez Cumpa, José W. (2006). Trujillo del Perú. Una versión ilustrada de la sociedad regional en el norte (PDF) (in Spanish). Lambayeque: Fondo Editorial FACHSE-UNPRG. pp. 65*.
  2. [2]
    O’Phelan Godoy, Scarlett (2023). "San Martín, el "territorio libre" de las intendencias de Tarma y de Trujillo y la Independencia del Perú" [San Martín, the “free territory” of the intendancies of Tarma and Trujillo, and the Independence of Peru] (PDF). RIRA. 8 (1): 39–77. doi:10.18800/revistaira.202301.003. ISSN 2415-5896 – via Dialnet.
  3. [3]
    (Spanish) Retazos de la Historia de Moquegua, Edición de 1982, página 67, Luis E. Kuong Cabello
  4. [4]
    de Mendiburu, Manuel (1890). Diccionario histórico-biográfico del Perú (in Spanish). Vol. 8. J. F. Solis. p. 416.
  • John Fisher. El Perú borbónico 1750-1824. Lima: IEP, 2000.
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