Governor of Popayán

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colonial administrative office political office

The Governor of Popayán was a colonial administrative office in the Spanish Empire responsible for governing the province of Popayán in what is now western Colombia and parts of neighboring countries.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Governor of Popayán canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrative office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	New Kingdom of Granada ⓘ Province of Popayán ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
appointedBy	Council of the Indies ⓘ King of Spain ⓘ
capital	Popayán ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	independence movements in northern South America ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchical colonial administration ⓘ
governsThrough	cabildo of Popayán ⓘ local corregidores and alcaldes mayores ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	civil administration in the Province of Popayán ⓘ implementation of royal decrees ⓘ military defense in the Province of Popayán ⓘ tax collection in the Province of Popayán ⓘ
hasDuty	maintenance of public order ⓘ promotion of Christianization ⓘ protection of indigenous populations under Spanish law ⓘ support of royal revenue from mining and agriculture ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Spanish settlements in the Province of Popayán ⓘ city of Popayán ⓘ encomiendas within the Province of Popayán ⓘ surrounding rural districts of Popayán province ⓘ
hasRole	provincial governor ⓘ
historicalFunction	regional governance in northern Andes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Panama ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ northern Peru ⓘ northwestern Brazil ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Province of Popayán ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Governor of Popayán self-link ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire ⓘ
religionInOfficialCapacity	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	republican provincial authorities in Gran Colombia ⓘ
subordinateTo	King of Spain ⓘ Captain General of Quito ⓘ surface form: President of the Audiencia of Quito Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
timePeriod	Spanish colonial period ⓘ
usedLegalSystem	Castilian law ⓘ Laws of the Indies ⓘ

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Subject: Governor of Popayán
Description of subject: The Governor of Popayán was a colonial administrative office in the Spanish Empire responsible for governing the province of Popayán in what is now western Colombia and parts of neighboring countries.

Referenced by (2)

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

Sebastián de Benalcázar → positionHeld → Governor of Popayán ⓘ

Governor of Popayán → officeHolderTitle → Governor of Popayán self-link ⓘ