Guatemala Captaincy General

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The Guatemala Captaincy General was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire in Central America, encompassing much of present-day Guatemala and neighboring regions under colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial administrative division
captaincy general
viceroyalty-level jurisdiction
administrativeCenter Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción
linked to: Guatemala City

Santiago de Guatemala
linked to: Antigua Guatemala
borderedBy New Kingdom of Granada
Viceroyalty of New Spain
capital Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción
linked to: Guatemala City

Santiago de Guatemala
linked to: Antigua Guatemala
colonialPower Spain
countryToday Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
southern Mexico
currency Spanish real
dissolved 1821
dissolvedFollowing Central American independence from Spain
economicActivity agriculture
cacao trade
indigo production
timber extraction
established 1540s
establishedBy Spanish Crown
linked to: Crown of Spain
governedBy captain general
president of the Audiencia of Guatemala
hadInstitution Royal Audiencia of Guatemala
hadStatus autonomous from viceroy in military matters
dependent on viceroy in fiscal matters
historicalEra Early modern period
Spanish colonial period
includedRegion Chiapas
Yucatán frontier areas
linked to: Yucatán Peninsula
legalSystem Castilian law
locatedIn Americas
Central America
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Council of the Indies system
Spanish Empire
predecessor early Spanish governorates in Central America
regionType audiencia and captaincy general
religionOfficial Roman Catholicism
sovereign King of Spain
subordinateTo Viceroyalty of New Spain
successor Federal Republic of Central America
independent states of Central America

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Viceroyalty of New Spain includedTerritory Guatemala Captaincy General
Spanish conquest of Guatemala appliesToJurisdiction Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Spanish America includes Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
United Provinces of Central America precededBy Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Guatemala Captaincy General hadInstitution Royal Audiencia of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Antigua Guatemala foundedAsCapitalOf Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Act of Independence of Central America country Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Act of Independence of Central America relatedTo Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Captain General of Guatemala appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Captain General of Guatemala relatedTo Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Beatriz de la Cueva placeOfDeath Kingdom of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Beatriz de la Cueva governed Kingdom of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
José Francisco Morazán Quezada birthPlace Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
José Cecilio del Valle birthPlace Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Pedro Molina Mazariegos regionOfActivity Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Dionisio de Herrera countryOfBirth Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Spanish royalist army usedInTerritory Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Soconusco wasPartOf Captaincy General of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General
Cuscatlán predecessorOf Captaincy General of Guatemala territories in area of modern El Salvador
linked to: Guatemala Captaincy General