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 AREA AND POPULATION

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tie in 1908 gives the population in that year as 4.500,000. An Act of the Peruvian Congress, dated October 30, li»20, authorises the Execu- tive to take a general ceu-

The population of the capital, Lima, according to the municipal census of 1908, was 140,884, in 1919 it was estimated at 175,000 ; Callao 34,346 (in 1905), Arequipa 35,000 to 40,000, Cuzco 10,000 to 15,000, Iquitos district 12,000, Ayacucho 14,346, Huaras 7,646. Hnacho 6,283.

The Republic (including Tacna) is divided into 19 departments and 3 provinces (Callao, Tumbes and Moquegua}, the areas of which, according to estimates supplied by the Lima Geographical Society, are given below with the population, according to the census returns of 1876 (the latest official one) and an estimate for 1896. The estimate, however, is not to be accepted as satisfactory, grave doubts being entertained whether the popu- lation is increasing. (The chief towns are shown in brackets) : —

Area:

Population

Pop. per

Departments and ProTinces

English

square

MM

1876

1896

Departments :

Amazonas (San Carlos).

13,94;:

5

Ancaehs (Hararar).

WMM

m-t

Apuriinac (Abaneay)

8,187



Arequipa (Arequipa)

21.947

157,046

007

104

cucho (Ayacucho).

142.215

16 6

Cajamarca (Cajamarva).

1 2 .' ''•

35 2

Cusco (Cuxco) ....

•243.032

2-8

•-.caveliea (Huancavelica)

103,069

24-2

Huannco (Hnanuco)

r%v«n

309

103

lea (lea)

60,255

M,

10 4

Junin (Cerro de Pasoo).

23,347

394,3«J3

16-9

Lambaveque (Ch'.clayo)

4,614

124,091

Liberdad (Trujillo).

10,3M

147,336

..'31

24-5

Lima 1 (Lima) ....

996,106

Loreto (Iquitos) .... Madre de Dios - (Maldonado)

- +56

10v..

4

0-6

Piura(Piura)

ns r w

127

Puno (Puno)

"345

130

Taena (Tactia) ....

12.5*0

30,009

50,449

4

Total Departments.

714,918

2,197, 604

4,52!

6 6

Province* :

Callao (Callao) ....

14

34,492

3437

Moquegua (Moquegua).

5,549

7 7

Tumbes (Tunibes) ....

1,980

—

4 3

Total Provinces

7,543

6S.277

99.414

13 1

Grand Total

461

2,660,881

4,620,201

66

1 Province of Lima, pop. (190S) 1

2 Created in 1912.

There are, besides, many uncivilised Indians, but their numbers are absolutely unknown. The Peruvian Government encourages immigration of properly qualified persons, but would-be settlers entirely destitute of capital are mentioned as undesirable.

As a result of the war with Chile, the latter country has annexed the province of Tarapaca. The Chileans have also, under the treaty signed in 1883 and ratified in 1884, occupied the provinces of Tacna and Arica since