Name
During the viceroyalty of Peru the La Libertad region area with existing Lambayeque, Piura and Tumbes in Peru along with the capital of Guayas, Guayaquil and El Oro in Ecuador all was called the Intendencia de Trujillo for being the domain of the city of Trujillo, then was called Departamento de Trujillo and finally after joining the emancipation cause, and be the first to get its independence from Spain, and demonstrate their gallant and patriotic spirit, in 1825 congress of Peruvian republic changed the name to Departmento de la Libertad. Now in the process of descentralization all departments in Peru are called regions.
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