Tarapoto, a wonderful city

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  • 1537

    Conquest

    Conquest
    It began with the entry of the Spaniards in 1537, by the north of our region from Chachapoyas to Moyabamba. It was Hernando de Alvarado, brother of the conqueror Alonso de Alvarado, with the support of cacique Huamán, who managed to dominate the natives of the area.

  • Expulsion of the Jesuits of Peru

    Expulsion of the Jesuits of Peru
    In the year 1769, the king of Spain ordered the viceroy Amat and Junet, to expel the Jesuits from Peru and, consequently, from the Peruvian Amazon. This caused certain havoc in the grouped native organizations, as the reductions of the same, that disrupted the life and the customs, producing confusion and destruction of the native identity

  • Foundation

    Foundation
    The city of Tarapoto, located in the San Martin region, was founded on August 20, 1782 by the Spanish bishop Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compagnon y Bujanda.

  • jurisdiction

    Our city was under the jurisdiction of the audience of Quito for 63 years until the King of Spain, Carlos IV, on July 15, 1802, who ordered through the royal decree, the return of the ceded territories. The reports of the governor of the general command of Maynas, Don Francisco de Requena, had exercised an admirable political power capable of changing the political and administrative system of the Viceroyalty of New Granada.