Intendancy of Cuzco

Intendencia de Cuzco
Intendancy of the Spanish Empire
1784–1824
Coat of arms
Capital	Cuzco
Government
Intendant
• 1784–1787	Benito de la Mata Linares [es] (first)
• 1816–1824	Antonio María Álvarez Tomás [es] (last)
Historical era	Viceroyalty of Peru
• Established	1784
• Dissolved	December 1824
Subdivisions
• Type	Partidos
• Units	See relevant section
Succeeded by Department of Cuzco

The Intendancy of Cuzco (Spanish: Intendencia de Cuzco), also known informally as Cuzco Province (Spanish: Provincia de Cuzco), was one of the territorial divisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru, ruled from the city of Cuzco and under the jurisdiction of the Bishopric of Cuzco.

History

Established in 1784, it was phased out during the Peruvian War of Independence, starting with the creation of the Department of Cuzco on April 26, 1822, as part of the Protectorate of Peru.^[1] After the royalist defeat 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.^[2]

Subdivisions

The intendancy was divided into eleven partidos.^[3]

Partido	Head (city of government)
Cuzco	Cuzco
Abancay	Abancay
Aymaraes	Aymaraes
Calca y Lares	Villa de Zamora
Cotabamba	Cotabamba
Chumbivilcas	Santo Tomás
Paruro	Paruro
Paucartambo	Paucartambo
Quispicanchis	Urcos
Urubamba	Urubamba
Tinta	Tinta

Intendants

The Governors (intendants) who ruled the intendancy of Cuzco were:^[4]

• Benito de la Mata Linares [es], oidor of Lima (1784–1787)
• José de la Portilla, regent of the Audiencia [es] as President (1787–1791)
• Carlos del Corral y Aguirre, Brigadier and President (1791–1793)
• José de la Portilla, regent (1793–1794; interim)
• Manuel Urriex, Count of Ruiz de Castilla, President (1794–1802)
• Francisco José de Mesa y Ponte Pagés, 1st Marquis of Casa Hermosa, of the Order of Santiago (1802–1803)
• Manuel Urriex, Count of Ruiz de Castilla (1803–1804)
• Francisco Muñoz de San Clemente, Jefe de Escuadra of the Order of Calatrava (1804–1809
• José Manuel de Goyeneche, 1st Count of Guaqui (1809–1812)
• Mateo García Pumacahua, Brigadier (1812; interim)
• José Manuel de Goyeneche, 1st Count of Guaqui, Field Marshal (1812–1814)
• Martín de la Concha y Jara [es], Brigadier (1814–1815)
  • Bartolomé Cucalón (1814; named)
  • The Marquis of Valdehoyos [es] (1814; named)
• Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca, Colonel (1815–1816; interim)
• Pío de Tristán, Brigadier (1816; interim)
• Antonio María Álvarez Tomás [es] (1816–1824)

See also

• Department of Cuzco

References

1. "Cusco de aniversario: conoce icónicos atractivos que lo hacen un destino turístico único". Andina. 2023-04-26.
2. Condori, Víctor (2022-08-12). "La jura de la independencia en la ciudad de Arequipa". Encuentro.pe.
3. Kuong Cabello, Luis E. (1982). Retazos de la Historia de Moquegua (in Spanish). Universidad de Moquegua. p. 67.
4. de Mendiburu, Manuel (1876). Diccionario histórico-biográfico del Perú (in Spanish). Vol. 1. pp. 414–415.