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Salt Tax Revolt

Date

August 30, 1896–May 1897

Location

Huanta, Peru

Resulted in

Revolt suppressed

Parties

Peruvian Army

Indigenous peasants

v t e Civil wars in Peru
1834 1835–1836 1836–1839 1843–1844 1854–1855 1856–1858 1865 1867 1884–1885 1894–1895 1980– Other conflicts: Huanta (1825–1828, 1839, 1896–1897) Lima (1872) Huaraz (1885) Loreto (1896, 1921–1922, 1932) Puno (1815, 1867–1868) Huacanvelica and Junín (1965)

The Salt Tax Revolt was an armed conflict between the indigenous communities of Huanta and the Peruvian Army that lasted from August 30, 1896, to May 1897.