Viceroyalty of Peru

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Template:History of Peru Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) was a Spanish colonial administrative district. It originally contained most of Spanish-ruled South America, until its impossibly large size dictated that other Viceroyalites be split from it to facilitate governance. The viceroyalty officially lasted until 1824, when the last viceroy, José de la Serna e Hinojosa, surrendered to Simon Bolivar after the Battle of Ayachucho.

The Viceroyalty of Peru was divided into audiencias, or provincial administrations. Each of these was governed by a president and included the following (with its date of creation):

With the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Granada (now Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela) in 1717, the Audiencias of Panama, Santa Fe de Bogota, and Quito were detatched; with the establishment of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay) in 1776, the Audiencia of Buenos Aires was similarly lost.

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List of Viceroys

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See also

Template:SouthAm-hist-stubca:Virregnat del Perú de:Vizekönigreich Peru es:Virreinato del Perú

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