Governorate of Maynas (1822–1825)

Maynas
Maynas
Governorate of Peru
1822–1825
Capital	Moyobamba
Government
Governor
• 1822–1824	Damián Yépez
• 1824–1825	Damián Najar
Historical era	Independence of Peru
• Supreme Decree	26 April 1822
• Incorporated	1825
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	General Command of Maynas
Department of Trujillo

Maynas, administered semi-officially as the Governorate of Maynas (Spanish: Gobernación de Maynas)^[2] and additionally referred in 1822 to as the Department of Quijos and Maynas (Spanish: Departamento de Quijos y Maynas)^[3] or in 1824 as the Province of Maynas (Spanish: Provincia de Maynas),^[2] was a territorial possession of Peru, originally incorporated into the country when it was the Protectorate of Peru. It existed from its accession into Peru in 1822 until 1825, when it was incorporated into the Department of Trujillo.

History

The General Command of Maynas, which had declared its independence on August 19, 1821, and had subsequently fought for to consolidate it,^[4] was incorporated into the Protectorate of Peru as the department of Quijos and Maynas through a Supreme Decree issued by José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, on April 28, 1822,^[1]^[3]^[5] with its capital in Moyobamba.^[1] It was the site of a pro-Royalist sublevation later on the same year, which ultimately failed as Moyobamba was again occupied by troops of the Peruvian Army headed by José Nicolás Arriola [es] on September 25.^[2]

Shortly after the rebellion was suppressed, Damián Yépez was named the first governor of the territory. He was succeeded in 1824 by Sergeant major Damián Najar.^[2] Despite this title, Maynas was administered with ambiguity and without a clear political demarcation due to the confusion caused by the uti possidetis agreement of 1810.^[2] In Republican Peru, the name simply referred to an area mentioned by Torre Tagle's decree that mentioned a population of 15,000 people which allegedly had produced a deputy to represent them at the first Congress of the country.^[2]

It was ultimately incorporated into the Department of Trujillo in 1825,^[2]^[3]^[5] since by that point Carlos del Castillo had been appointed as deputy representing the province within the department in Congress.^[2]