Intendancy of Huamanga

Intendencia de Guamanga
Intendancy of the Spanish Empire
1784–1824
Coat of arms
Capital	Huamanga
Government
Intendant
• 1784–1786	Nicolás Manrique de Lara, Marquis of Lara (first)
• 1823–1824	José Montenegro (last)
Historical era	Viceroyalty of Peru
• Established	1784
• Dissolved	9 December 1824
Subdivisions
• Type	Partidos
• Units	See relevant section
Succeeded by Department of Huamanga

The Intendancy of Huamanga (Spanish: Intendencia de Huamanga, formerly Guamanga), also known informally as Huamanga Province (Spanish: Provincia de Huamanga (Guamanga)), was one of the territorial divisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru, ruled from the city of Guamanga and under the jurisdiction of the Bishopric of Huamanga. It was created in 1784 and was the site of the Battle of Ayacucho, a decisive moment in the Peruvian War of Independence that ended the viceroyalty's existence. It was ultimately replaced by the Department of Ayacucho in 1825.

History

It was created in 1784 and was phased out starting on April 26, 1822, with the creation of the Department of Huamanga within the Protectorate of Peru,[1] later renamed to Ayacucho in 1825.[2] The intendancy was dissolved alongside the viceroyalty after the Battle of Ayacucho on December 9, 1824.

Subdivisions

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

Partido	Head (city of government)
Cercado de Guamanga	San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga
Guanta	Huanta
Andahuaylas	Andahuaylas
Lucanas	Villa de San Juan
Parinacochas	Parinacochas
Anco	Anco
Vilcashuamán / Cangallo	Cangallo

Intendants

The governors (intendants) were:[4]

• Nicolás Manrique de Lara, Marquis of Lara, contador mayor (1784–1786)
• José Melendez Escalada, director general de aduanas (1786–1799)
• Demetrio O'Higgins, Colonel (1799–1813)
• Francisco de Paula Pruna, assessor lieutenant (1813–1815, interim)
• Narciso Basagoytia, Colonel (1815–1817)
• Manuel Quimper (1817–1819)
• Francisco José de Recabarren, Maestrante de Sevilla (1819–1821)
• Gabriel de Herboso (1821–1823)
• José Montenegro y Ubalde, Brigadier (1823–1824)

See also

• Department of Ayacucho

References

1. "Caracterización del departamento de Ayacucho" (PDF). BCRP.
2. "Copia de Decreto que cambia nombre a Huamanga". Biblioteca Bicentenario. 1825-02-15.
3. Kuong Cabello, Luis E. (1982). Retazos de la Historia de Moquegua (in Spanish). Universidad de Moquegua. p. 67.
4. de Mendiburu, Manuel (1890). Diccionario histórico-biográfico del Perú (in Spanish). Vol. 8. J. F. Solis. p. 415.