History of Huacho

Huacho was, like Huaura, a pueblo that received and hosted the members of the liberation expedition led by José de San Martín, participating on 27 November 1820 of the Grito libertador en el balcéon de Huaura, on the subject of historical verification.

On 12 February 1821, Huacho was elevated to district, belonging to the province of Chanchay, in the department of Lima. The Congress conceded the title of Fidelísima Villa (most faithful) on 11 April 1828, under the presidency of Don José de La Mar. On 23 January 1830, the province of Chanchay was unified with the province of Lima and Santa in the department of Ancash. Huaura was established as the capital of the province of Chanchay. It was thirty years before on 23 January 1866, Huacho was established as the capital of Chanchay.

Due to its technological advances, since 1892 the city has had a city tram service, an animal transportation service, it is said, using mules or horses for their displacement, called "tranvías de sangre" (blood tram), a service which extended to Huara, and which since 1920 was electrified, being the first city after LIma to have its own electric tram system.

Since 1911, it was the main hub of the Ferrocarril Noroeste del Perú (Northwestern Train of Peru), which connected Huacho with Ancón, Sayan, and Barranca.

On 10 November 1874, Huacho was elevated to the category of city and was made capital of the province even when it was separated from Chanchay (today the province of Huaral) and was created the province of Huaura. Actually, the city of Huacho was also the capital of the Governal Region of Lima