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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 Peruano, Lima.
Anario Estadistico del Perú. Annual.—Boletin de Estadistica Peruana. Quarterly.—Demarcatión Política del Perú. (Dirección Nacional de Estadística), Lima
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Ministerio de Fomento Lima publishes separate annual statistics on the mining and petroleum industries and on general industry; the wool textile and cotton textile industries, the Peruvian Chamber of Commerce furnish annual studies.
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Paxton, J. (1977). Peru. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271067_142
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