Litoral Department (1837–1857)
| Department of the Litoral Departamento del Litoral | |||||||||
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South Peru and Peru | |||||||||
| 1837–1857 | |||||||||
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 Litoral within South Peru (1837–1839) | |||||||||
| Capital | Tacna | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Prefect | |||||||||
• 1837–? | Manuel Mendiburu | ||||||||
| Historical era | Confederation | ||||||||
• Established | 25 April 1837 | ||||||||
| 25 August 1839 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 2 January 1857 | ||||||||
| Contained within | |||||||||
| • Constituent country | South Peru | ||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||
| • Type | Provinces | ||||||||
| • Units | Tacna & Tarapacá | ||||||||
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The Department of the Litoral (
South Peru, a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, which existed from 1836 to 1839. Created alongside the confederate state, its capital was Tacna, the capital city of the confederation.[2] After the state's dissolution, it continued to exist as part of Peru until the creation of the Department of Moquegua
in 1857.
History
The department was established when it was part of
South Peru, a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, through a law issued on April 25, 1837 by Supreme Protector Andrés de Santa Cruz that separated it from the Department of the Law (i.e. Arequipa) while remaining under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa.[3] It was formed by the provinces of Tacna and Tarapacá.[3]
In 1839, the
national restoration period of Peru and creating the New Constituent General Congress of Peru. He substituted the confederate organization with a unitary organization, withdrew Bolivian public workers, and rebuilt Peru's international relations
.
In 1857, the law of January 2 created the Department of Moquegua as a separate entity from Arequipa. The new department included the provinces of Moquegua, Tacna, Arica and Tarapacá.[5][6]
See also
- Subdivisions of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation
- Republic of South Peru
- Restoration (Peru)
References
- ISBN 978-956-244-071-4.
- Congreso de la República. 1837-05-01.
- ^ Congreso de la República. 1837-04-25.
- ISBN 978-9562846769.
- ^ Plan vial provincial participativo de Mariscal Nieto (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno del Perú. 2004. p. 14.
- ^ "1.4 Moquegua: Aspectos Geográficos y Políticos Administrativos". POBLACIÒN MUJER Y SALUD - MOQUEGUA. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 1996.
