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HistoryOath of Piura's Independence (3–4 January 1821)
On January 3–4, 1821, armed groups peacefully disarmed the royalist garrison and the independence of Piura was solemnly proclaimed at the Convent of San Francisco de Asís.
Independence and Early Republic
The Paita–Sullana–Piura railway (1872–1887)
About this place
En 1872, bajo el gobierno de José Balta, se inició la construcción del Ferrocarril Paita–Sullana–Piura a cargo de Federico Blume Othon, con trocha estándar de 1,435 m y 105 km de tendido. Alcanzó La Huaca en 1874, Viviate en 1876, Sullana en 1879 y su estación terminal en Piura en 1887, enlazando las cosechas del Chira y Piura con los buques anclados en Paita. Operó hasta mediados del siglo XX bajo la Peruvian Corporation. En 1893 el «Puente Viejo» (San Miguel) unió la ciudad con Castilla sobre el río Piura.
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HistoryChira-Piura Special Project and El Niño events
The El Niño events of 1891, 1925, 1983 and 1998 repeatedly flooded the Piura river basin; the Chira-Piura Special Project (Poechos Dam and canals) now irrigates over 100,000 hectares and protects the cities.
Pima cotton and Talara oil (20th century)
After the war, Piura reconverted itself with Pima Cotton (1918), whose fiber conquered the British and North American markets, while the La Brea and Pariñas fields made Talara the energy heart of the country.
