General Command of Maynas

The General Command of Maynas^[a] was a governorate and general command of the Spanish Empire that existed from 1802 to 1822. It replaced the governorates of Quijos and Maynas, excluding the latter's village of Papallacta.

General Command of Maynas Comandancia General de Maynas
Governorate and General Command of the Spanish Empire
1802–1822
Flag
Map with controlled (green) and claimed (light green) territory
Capital	Moyobamba[1]
Historical era	Viceroyalty of Peru
• Established	15 July 1802
• War of Independence	1821–1822
• Supreme Decree	26 April 1822
Preceded by Succeeded by Governorate of Maynas Governorate of Maynas

History

The area (in mustard) c. 1802.

The territory was created through the real cédula of July 15, 1802,^[5] which transferred the governorates of Maynas and Quijos (excluding the village of Papallacta) into the Viceroyalty of Peru.^[6] It was incorporated into the Protectorate of Peru as a department with the name of Quijos and Maynas^[7] following a war for the territory's independence that lasted from 1821 to 1822, during the Spanish American wars of independence.^[1] The aforementioned department was ultimately incorporated into the Department of Trujillo in 1825.^[1][8]

After the wars of independence in Ecuador and Peru, the zone became extremely relevant for both countries, as it was a main focus of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute, which escalated in 1941 as the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War and continued to a lesser extent with skirmishes in 1995 and in 1998, the latter leading to the signing of the Brasilia Presidential Act in 1998. Additionally, it was also a focus of the territorial dispute between Colombia and Peru that escalated in 1933 with the Colombia–Peru War which concluded with the signing of the Rio Protocol the following year.

Areas that belonged to Maynas

Peru

• Department of Loreto, Peru
• Department of Ucayali, Peru
• Department of San Martín, Peru

See also

• Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute
• Colombian–Peruvian territorial dispute

Notes

1. Spanish: Comandancia general de Maynas / Gobierno y comandancia general de Maynas. Translations in English vary, with General Command being used,^[2][3] but also translated as the General Commandery of Maynas^[4]