Province of Popayán

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The Province of Popayán was a historical administrative region in colonial Spanish America, centered on the city of Popayán in what is now southwestern Colombia.

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Label Occurrences
Province of Popayán canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
historical province ⓘ
administrativeCenter Popayán ⓘ
borderedBy Province of Antioquia ⓘ
Province of Chocó ⓘ
Province of Neiva ⓘ
Province of Pasto ⓘ
Province of Quito ⓘ
linked to: Pichincha Province
capital Popayán ⓘ
colonialAdministrationLevel province ⓘ
colonialLanguageOfAdministration Spanish ⓘ
colonialPower Spain ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
demography indigenous peoples, Spanish colonists, and people of African descent ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
governmentType colonial provincial administration ⓘ
historicalRegion Gran Colombia region ⓘ
historicalSignificance important mining and agricultural region in colonial New Granada ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct administrative division ⓘ
includedCity Popayán ⓘ
includedRegion Andean highlands of southwestern Colombia ⓘ
Cauca River valley ⓘ
linked to: Cauca River Valley

Pacific lowlands of present-day Colombia ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem Spanish colonial law ⓘ
locatedIn northern Andes ⓘ
linked to: Northern Andes
locatedInPresentDay Colombia ⓘ
southwestern Colombia ⓘ
namedAfter Popayán ⓘ
partOf Audiencia of Quito ⓘ
Captaincy General of New Granada ⓘ
New Kingdom of Granada ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
precededBy indigenous territories in southwestern Colombia ⓘ
regionType colonial province in northern Andes ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousJurisdiction Roman Catholic Diocese of Popayán ⓘ
significantCity Popayán ⓘ
sovereignDuringExistence Crown of Castile ⓘ
successor Cauca Department ⓘ
Republic of Colombia administrative divisions ⓘ
timePeriod colonial era ⓘ
usedCurrency Spanish escudo ⓘ
Spanish real ⓘ

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