PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN CHINCHA BY JOSE SAN MARTIN

After his departure from Valparaíso and the disembarkation of the Liberating Expedition in the bay of Paracas on September 8 1820 General José de San Martín went to the south and the north of the current region; arriving to Chincha Baja and Chincha Alta to proclaim the independence of the already occupied territories in the place called Balconcito on September 23 1820 to then go to the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru Lima where he would proclaim the independence of Peru on July 28 1821.Chincha after the support given to the Liberator army would receive the title of Benemérita a la Patria by means of law 11517 for contributing soldier to the liberating cause and to highlight sportsmen writers Afro-Peruvian dances etc.