Republic of North Peru República del Norte del Perú | |||||||||
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1836–1839 | |||||||||
![]() North Peru within the Peru–Bolivian Confederation | |||||||||
Capital | Lima | ||||||||
Government | Presidential republic within a confederation | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1837–1838 | Luis José de Orbegoso | ||||||||
• 1838–1839 | José de la Riva Agüero | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
11 August 1836 | |||||||||
28 October 1836 | |||||||||
30 July 1838 | |||||||||
25 August 1839 | |||||||||
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The Republic of North Peru was one of the three constituent republics of the short-lived Peru–Bolivian Confederation of 1836–1839.
North Peru was one of two states—the other being South Peru—that arose from the division of the Peruvian Republic due to the civil wars of 1834 and 1835 to 1836. The states were founded in 1836 to be constituent Republics of the planned Peru-Bolivian Confederation, alongside Bolivia.[1]
The Confederation came to an end three years later after continuous border wars with Argentina and Chile in the War of the Confederation, and after a chaotic civil conflict between north and south Peruvians. In August of 1839, Agustín Gamarra declared the Confederation dissolved; as a result, South Peru and North Peru reverted to being a unified Republic of Peru.