Viceroyalty of Perú
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The Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) was a Spanish colonial administrative district that was created in 1542 and originally contained most of Spanish-ruled South America. It was governed from the capital of Lima.
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Viceroyalty of Peru Virreinato del Perú | |||||||||||||
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1542–1824 | |||||||||||||
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Status | Spanish colony | ||||||||||||
Capital | Lima | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Official: Spanish; commons: Quechua, Aymara, Puquina. | ||||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1542 - 1566 | Charles I | ||||||||||||
• 1813 - 1821 | Ferdinand VII | ||||||||||||
Viceroy | |||||||||||||
• 1544 - 1546 | Blasco Núñez Vela | ||||||||||||
• 1821 - 1824 | José de la Serna e Hinojosa | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Spanish Empire | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1542 | ||||||||||||
• Fall of Vilcabamba | 1572 | ||||||||||||
• Peruvian Independence | July 28 1824 | ||||||||||||
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