Viceroyalty of Peru

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Spanish viceroyalty early modern state former colony

The Viceroyalty of Peru was a major Spanish colonial administrative region in South America, centered in Lima, that served as a key hub of imperial governance, mining, and trade from the 16th to the early 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Creation of the Viceroyalty of Peru	1
Kingdom of Peru	1
Viceroy of Peru	1
Viceroyalty of Peru (later)	1
Virreinato del Perú	1
viceroyalty of Peru	1

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish viceroyalty ⓘ early modern state ⓘ former colony ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Lima ⓘ
archdiocese	Archbishopric of Lima ⓘ surface form: Archdiocese of Lima
capital	Lima ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
createdBy	New Laws of 1542 ⓘ
currency	Spanish dollar ⓘ Spanish real ⓘ
demography	Spanish settlers ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ large Indigenous population ⓘ mestizo population ⓘ
dissolved	1824 ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ gold mining ⓘ silver mining ⓘ
endCause	Latin American wars of independence ⓘ
endEvent	Battle of Ayacucho ⓘ Peruvian War of Independence ⓘ
established	1542 ⓘ
establishedBy	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
firstViceroy	Blasco Núñez Vela ⓘ
governedBy	Council of the Indies ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Viceroyalty of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Viceroy of Peru
importantCity	Arequipa ⓘ Buenos Aires ⓘ Cusco ⓘ surface form: Cuzco La Paz ⓘ Potosí ⓘ Quito ⓘ Santiago ⓘ surface form: Santiago de Chile
includedTerritory	present-day Argentina ⓘ present-day Bolivia ⓘ present-day Chile ⓘ present-day Colombia ⓘ present-day Ecuador ⓘ present-day Panama ⓘ present-day Paraguay ⓘ present-day Peru ⓘ present-day Uruguay ⓘ present-day northern Chile ⓘ present-day western Brazil ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
lastViceroy	José de la Serna e Hinojosa ⓘ
legalSystem	Castilian law ⓘ Laws of the Indies ⓘ
mainPort	Buenos Aires ⓘ Callao ⓘ Portobelo ⓘ
majorMine	Huancavelica ⓘ Potosí ⓘ
notableInstitution	Royal Audiencia of Charcas ⓘ Royal Audiencia of Lima ⓘ National University of San Marcos ⓘ surface form: University of San Marcos
notableRebellion	Siege of Vilcabamba ⓘ surface form: Rebellion of Túpac Amaru I Túpac Amaru II rebellion ⓘ
officialName	Viceroyalty of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Virreinato del Perú
partOf	Spanish West Indies ⓘ
predecessor	Governorate of New Castile ⓘ Governorate of New Toledo ⓘ Inca Empire ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousInstitution	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
sovereign	King of Spain ⓘ
strategicRole	center of Spanish imperial administration in South America ⓘ key hub of silver exports to Europe and Asia ⓘ major node in transatlantic trade ⓘ
successor	Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ Gran Colombia ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Bolivia Peru ⓘ surface form: Republic of Peru United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ
tradeRoute	Manila–Acapulco route ⓘ surface form: Manila galleons Spanish galleon trade ⓘ surface form: Spanish treasure fleet
usedLaborSystem	encomienda ⓘ mita ⓘ repartimiento ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

José de la Serna e Hinojosa → regionOfActivity → Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ

Governorate of New Castile → reorganizedInto → Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → result → Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ

this entity surface form: Creation of the Viceroyalty of Peru

Battle of Ayacucho → royalistSide → Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ

Governorate of New Toledo → successorEntity → Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ

Inca Empire → successorState → Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ

Blasco Núñez Vela → territoryGoverned → Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ