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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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The official gazette is El Peruino, Lima.
Anuario Estadístico del Perú. Annual.—Boletin de Estadística Perana. Quarterly.—.Dernarcación Política del Perú. (Directión Nacional de Estadística), Lima
Censo National Poblaeión, 1940. 9 vols. Lima, 1947–49 Estadística del Cornercio Exterior (Superintendcrtcia de Aduanas). Lima
Banco Central de Heserra. Monthty Bulletin.—Renta Nacional del Perú. Annual, Lima
Ministerio de Fomento Lima publishes separate annual statistics on the mining and detroieum 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.
Basadre, J., History of Peru, 1938.—Peru: problem and reality. Lima, 1936.—History of Peruvian, Law. Lima. 1938
Belaúmde, V. A., La Constitutión Initial del Perú ante el Derecho International. Lima, 1942
Peltepiane, Carlo, Historia Militar del Perú. 2 vols. Buenos Aires, 1941
Klinge, G., Politica Agricola Alimenticia en el Perú. 1950
Mendiburu, M. de. Diccionario Histórico-Bionrúfico del Perú. Rev. ed., with notes by Evaristo San Cristoval, 10 vols. Lima, 1934
Qnihe, A., Peruvian Public Administration. Lima, 1939
Romero, E., Geografia Económica del Perú. Lima, 1961
Torre, Benjamin de la, Perú. Statistical and Economic Review. London 1953
Valega, J., History of Peru, Lima, 1938
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Steinberg, S.H. (1962). Peru. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270916_83
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