Department of the Coast

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 [es].^[1]

Departamento de la Costa
Department of Peru
1821–1823
Capital	Huaura
Government
President
• 1821	Vicente Dupuy [es]
Historical era	Independence of Peru
• Established	12 February 1821
• Annexed to Lima	1823
Subdivisions
• Type	Provinces
• Units	See list Santa Chancay [es] Canta
Preceded by Succeeded by Intendancy of Lima Department of Lima

History

On February 12, 1821, during the Peruvian War of Independence, the Reglamento Provisional was issued by José de San Martín, serving as the country's first legal document and constitution.^[2] The document divided the territory occupied by the Liberating Army into four departments, which included that of the Coast, north of Lima.^[2][3] On August 4 of the same year, a Provisional Statute was issued by San Martín, which formally established the Department of Lima.^[4]

The department was represented at the first Congress of Peru in 1822 by the following:^[5][6][7]

Constituent Deputy		Representative type
	Toribio Dávalos [es]	Titular
	Cayetano Requena [es]	Titular
	Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza	Titular
	Pedro Sayán [es]	Substitute

The department was subsequently annexed to Lima in 1823.^[8]

Subdivisions

The department was divided in three provinces (partidos).^[8]

Province	Head (city of government)
Santa	Santa María de la Parrilla
Chancay [es]	Chancay
Canta	Canta

See also

• Intendancy of Lima