| Native Name: | Departamento de Trujillo |
| Subdivision: | Department |
| Nation: | Peru |
| Capital: | Trujillo |
| Year Start: | 1821 |
| Year End: | 1825 |
| Event Start: | Established |
| Date Start: | 12 February |
| Event End: | Name change |
| Date End: | 9 March |
| Era: | Independence of Peru |
| Image Map Caption: | Map of the department in 1821 |
| P1: | Intendancy of Trujillo |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg |
| S1: | Department of La LibertadLa Libertad Department |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Peru (1825–1884).svg |
| Divisions: | Provinces |
The Department of Trujillo (Spanish; Castilian: Departamento de Trujillo) was a short-lived department of the Protectorate of Peru that existed from 1821 to 1825, when it renamed into the Department of La Libertad.
After General Jose de San Martin landed at Paracas in September 1820, the intendant José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero and the city mayor led an independence movement that culminated with the declaration of the independence of the Intendancy of Trujillo on 29 December 1820. On 12 February 1821 Jose de San Martin issued a Provisional Regulation, providing for the creation of the department.[1] [2] [3]
The Governorate of Bracamoros supported Trujillo's independence and declared its own from the Real Audiencia of Quito on June 4, 1821. It was later incorporated into the department.[4]
The department was divided into seven provinces:[5]
| Provincia | Capital |
|---|---|
| Trujillo | |
| San Miguel de Piura | |
| Cajamarca | |
| San Juan de la Frontera | |
| Saña | |
| Huamachuco | |
In 1825, for its contribution during the Peruvian War of Independence, it was renamed the department of La Libertad.[6]