| Intendencia de Puno | |||||||||
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| Intendancy of the Spanish Empire | |||||||||
| 1784–1824 | |||||||||
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.svg) The intendancy within Peru in 1810 | |||||||||
| Capital | San Carlos de Puno | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Intendant | |||||||||
• 1784–1788 | José Reseguín (first) | ||||||||
• 1824 | Pablo Echevarría (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Viceroyalties of the Río de la Plata and Peru | ||||||||
• Established | 5 June 1784 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 27 December 1824 | ||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||
| • Type | Partidos | ||||||||
| • Units | See relevant section | ||||||||
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The Intendancy of Puno (Spanish: Intendencia de Puno), also known informally as Puno Province (Spanish: Provincia de Puno), was one of the territorial divisions of the Spanish Empire in the Altiplano region, initially as part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and later of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The territory was ruled from San Carlos de Puno.
It was created in 1784 and remained in Spanish hands until December 27, 1824, when Brigadier Pablo Echevarría handed over the city of San Carlos de Puno to General Rudecindo Alvarado.[1] Since then it became the department of Puno, within the Republic of Peru.
- ^ Torres Luna, Alfonso (1968). Puno histórico (in Spanish). Talleres Gráficos del Colegio Unión Ñaña. p. 229.