| Departamento de la Costa | |||||||||
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| Department of Peru | |||||||||
| 1821–1823 | |||||||||
| Capital | Huaura | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1821 | Vicente Dupuy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Independence of Peru | ||||||||
| 12 February 1821 | |||||||||
• Annexed to Lima | 1823 | ||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||
| • Type | Provinces | ||||||||
| • Units | |||||||||
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The Department of the Coast (Spanish: Departamento de la Costa) was a short-lived department of the Protectorate of Peru that existed from 1821 to 1823. The department's lone leader, who held the title of President, was Vicente Dupuy.[1]
- ^ Las Heras Zamorano, Isabel Josefa. "Vicente Dupuy". Real Academia de la Historia.