The General Command of Maynas was a

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and general command of the

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that existed from 1802 to 1822. It replaced the governorates of Quijos and Maynas, excluding the latter's village of

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History

The territory was created through the ''

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'' of July 15, 1802, which transferred the governorates of Maynas and Quijos (excluding the village of

) into the

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. It was incorporated into the

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as a department with the name of ''Quijos and Maynas'' following a war for the territory's independence that lasted from 1821 to 1822, during the

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. The aforementioned department was ultimately incorporated into the

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in 1825. After the wars of independence in

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and

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, the zone became extremely relevant for both countries, as it was a main focus of the

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, which escalated in 1941 as the

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and continued to a lesser extent with skirmishes in 1995 and in 1998, the latter leading to the signing of the Brasilia Presidential Act in 1998. Additionally, it was also a focus of the territorial dispute between Colombia and Peru that escalated in 1933 with the Colombia–Peru War which concluded with the signing of the

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the following year.

Areas that belonged to Maynas

Peru

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, Peru *

Department of Ucayali Ucayali () is an inland department and region of Peru. Located in the Amazon rainforest, its name is derived from the Ucayali River. Its capital is the city of Pucallpa. It is the second largest department in Peru, after Loreto, and it is sl ...

, Peru *

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, Peru

Notes

References

{{reflist Subdivisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru History of Ecuador Colonial Peru