The Intendancy of Arequipa (), also known informally as Arequipa Province (), was one of the territorial divisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru, ruled from the city of Arequipa and under the jurisdiction of the Bishopric of Arequipa. It existed from 1784 to 1824, receiving the news of the result of the Battle of Ayacucho in late December of the same year.
History Created in 1784, the intendancy was under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Lima until the city's occupation by José de San Martín in the 1820s, when it was transferred to the .
The intendancy was phased out starting on April 26, 1822, when the Department of Arequipa was created by José de San Martín as part of his new protectorate, with as its leader. Despite this establishment, the patriot governments' armies of Peru, Colombia and Chile were subsequently defeated by the royalist troops of Valentín Ferraz y Barrau and in the of October 8, 1823. After the royalist capitulation at the Battle of Ayacucho on December 9, 1824, the news reached the intendancy later that month, with Pío de Tristán being chosen as interim viceroy until the Peruvian troops reached the city.
Subdivisions The intendancy was divided into seven partidos.
Partido Head (city of government) Arequipa Ciudad de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora del Valle Hermoso de Arequipa Cailloma Caylloma Condesuyos Chuquibamba Camaná Villa de San Miguel de Ribera Moquegua Villa de Santa Catalina de Guadalcázar del Valle de Moquegua Arica Ciudad de San Marcos de Arica Tarapacá San Lorenzo de Tarapacá
Intendants The Governors (intendants) who ruled the intendancy of Arequipa were: José Menéndez Escalada, director general de Aduana (1784–1786) Antonio Alvarez y Jimenez, Brigadier (1786–1796) Bartolomé María Salamanca, Frigate captain of the Order of Alcántara (1796–1810) José Gabriel Moscoso, Lieutenant colonel (1810–1815) Pío de Tristán, Brigadier (1815–1816) , Colonel of the Order of Alcántara (1816–1824)
See also Department of Arequipa
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