Governorate of Paraguay

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The Governorate of Paraguay was a colonial administrative division of the Spanish Empire in South America, centered on the region of present-day Paraguay.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial governorate ⓘ
former administrative division ⓘ
administrativeCenter Asunción ⓘ
borderedBy Governorate of Río de la Plata ⓘ
Governorate of Tucumán ⓘ
linked to: Tucumán Province

Portuguese America ⓘ
capital Asunción ⓘ
capitalType colonial capital ⓘ
colonialPower Crown of Castile ⓘ
colonialRegion Río de la Plata region ⓘ
colonialStatus overseas territory of Spain ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
countryToday Paraguay ⓘ
currency Spanish real ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
yerba mate production ⓘ
endTime 1617 ⓘ
establishedBy Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
ethnicGroups Guaraní peoples ⓘ
linked to: Guarani peoples

Spanish colonists ⓘ
foundingContext Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata basin ⓘ
governmentType colonial governorate ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem Castilian law ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Paraguay ⓘ
parts of Argentina ⓘ
parts of Bolivia ⓘ
parts of Brazil ⓘ
mainRiver Paraguay River ⓘ
Paraná River ⓘ
namedAfter Paraguay ⓘ
Paraguay River ⓘ
partOf Spanish Empire ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
predecessor Governorate of New Andalusia (South America) ⓘ
religionOfficial Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousJurisdiction Roman Catholic Diocese of Asunción ⓘ
religiousOrderActive Franciscans ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan Order

Jesuits ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus
sovereign King of Spain ⓘ
startTime 1537 ⓘ
1539 ⓘ
successor Governorate of Guayrá ⓘ
Governorate of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paraguayan independence movement → territorialScope → Province of Paraguay ⓘ
linked to: Governorate of Paraguay
Governorate of the Río de la Plata → successor → Governorate of Paraguay ⓘ
Martin de Montoya → placeOfMissionaryActivity → Paraguay (historical Guaraní region) ⓘ
linked to: Governorate of Paraguay