Intendancy of Lima

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Intendencia de Lima
Intendancy of the Spanish Empire
1784–1821
Old Coat of arms of Lima.svg
Coat of arms
Virreinato del Peru (1810).svg
The intendancy within Peru in 1810
Capital Lima
Government
Intendant  
 1784–1787
Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón  [ es ]
 1805–1809;
1812–1820
Juan María Gálvez
 1820–1821
Bartolomé María de Salamanca
Historical era Viceroyalty of Peru
 Established
1784
12 February 1821
  Replaced
4 October 1821
Subdivisions
  TypePartidos
  Units See relevant section
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Cabildo of Lima
Department of the Coast Flag of Peru (1821-1822).svg
Department of Lima Flag of Peru (1821-1822).svg

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

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History

On December 22, 1574, when viceroy Francisco de Toledo reorganised the Indian Corregimientos , which had been created by governor Lope García de Castro in 1565 by appointing native judges, he ordered that the corregimientos of Huarochirí, Huaylas, Ica, Jauja, Arnedo, Cajatambo and Canta depended on the ordinary mayors of the Cabildo of Lima. All of them in the district of the Real Audiencia of Lima. In 1576, Cañete was created, separating it from Ica and the city of Lima. In 1591 the Cercado de Lima was separated from Lima and Cañete. In the 17th century, the port of Callao began to have a military governor appointed by the king. [2]

The intendancy system was established in the Viceroyalty of Peru by royal order of August 5, 1783. The first intendant of Lima (who took office in 1784) was the visitor general Jorge Escobedo y Alarcón  [ es ], [3] approved by the king on January 24 of 1785. In 1787, the mayor's office was left in the hands of the viceroy until 1805 when Juan María Gálvez, then intendant of Huancavelica, took office, being named on September 22, 1804. [4] In 1809, the intendancy was suppressed, [5] although by 1811 it had been reestablished with Galvez back in office. [6]

The parts of the intendancy occupied by the Liberating Expedition of Peru were replaced by the Department of the Coast on 12 February 1821, proclaimed by General Jose de San Martin through the Reglamento Provisional during the Peruvian War of Independence, [1] and later in its entirety with the creation of the Department of Lima by the Provisional Statute, promulgated on October 8, 1821. [7]

Subdivisions

The intendancy was divided into nine partidos. [8]

PartidoHead (city of government)
Lima Ciudad de los Reyes
Ica Villa de Valverde
Cañete San Vicente de Cañete
Amedo Villa de Arnedo
Santa Santa María de la Parrilla
Canta Canta
Yauyos Yauyos
Huarochirí Huarochirí
Callao Callao

Intendants

The Governors (intendants) who ruled the intendancy of Lima were: [6]

See also

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