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Peru

República del Perú

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Abstract

The Republic of Peru, formerly the most important of the Spanish vice-royalties in South America, declared its independence on 28 July 1821; but it was not till after a war, protracted till 1824, that the country gained its actual freedom.

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Books of Reference

  • The official gazette is El Peruana, Lima.

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  • Anuario Estadistico del Perú, Annual.—Boletin de Estadística Peruana. Quarterly.—Demarcatión Politica del Perú. (Dirección Nacional de Estadística), Lima

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  • Censo National Población, 1940. 9 vols. Lima, 1947–49

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  • Estadística del Comercio Exterior (Superintendencia de Aduanas). Lima

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  • Banco Central de Reserva. Monthly Bulletin.—Renta National del Perú. Annual, Lima

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  • Ministerio de Fomento Lima publishes separate annual statistics on the mining and petroleum industries and on general industry ; the wool textile and cotton textile industries, the Peruvian Chamber of Commerce and the National Agrarian Society furnish annual studies.

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S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society)

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© 1968 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Steinberg, S.H. (1968). Peru. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270978_101

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