Spanish overseas territories

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colonial empire former colony overseas territories

The Spanish overseas territories were the vast colonial possessions of the Spanish Crown across the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, administered under a unified imperial system centered on the monarchy.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spanish overseas territories canonical 2

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial empire ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
overseas territories ⓘ
adminCenter Casa de Contratación ⓘ
Council of the Indies ⓘ
administeredBy Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Crown
capital Madrid ⓘ
colonialPolicy encomienda system ⓘ
reductions (reducciones) ⓘ
repartimiento system ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
Americas ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
culturalImpact Hispanic culture ⓘ
Latin American Catholicism ⓘ
currency Spanish dollar ⓘ
Spanish real ⓘ
economicActivity gold mining ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ
silver mining ⓘ
endTime 1898 ⓘ
20th century decolonization ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
includedTerritory Argentina ⓘ
Arizona ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Canary Islands ⓘ
Captaincy General of the Philippines ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Ceuta ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Spanish Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: Louisiana (Spanish period)

Melilla ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico Territory ⓘ
surface form: New Mexico

Paraguay ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Spanish East Indies ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ
Spanish Guinea ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
Spanish West Indies ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
languageSpread Hispanophone world ⓘ
legalSystem Castilian law ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Spanish Empire ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ
Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ
voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Voyages of Christopher Columbus
sovereign King of Spain ⓘ
startTime late 15th century ⓘ
successor Puerto Rico ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Cuba

Philippines ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Philippines

United States (in former Spanish North American territories) ⓘ
independent Latin American republics ⓘ
tradeRoute Manila–Acapulco galleon ⓘ
Seville–Americas trade route ⓘ
tradeSystem Spanish treasure fleet ⓘ
galleon trade ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

King of the Indies → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish overseas territories ⓘ
Spanish colonial administration → usedIn → Spanish overseas territories ⓘ