AREA AND POPULATION
1175
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
