Castilla del Oro

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Castilla del Oro was an early 16th-century Spanish colonial territory in Central America, centered in present-day Panama and parts of neighboring regions, that served as a key base for exploration and conquest in the New World.

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Castilla del Oro canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial territory
historical region
adminCenterInitially Santa María la Antigua del Darién
adminCenterLater Panama City
administrativeChange incorporated into the Viceroyalty of Peru
superseded by the Real Audiencia of Panama
associatedWithExplorer Francisco Pizarro
Hernán Ponce de León NERFINISHED
Rodrigo de Bastidas NERFINISHED
Vasco Núñez de Balboa NERFINISHED
borderedBy New Andalusia
surface form: Nueva Andalucía

Veragua
capital Panama City
Santa María la Antigua del Darién
colonialAdministration Council of the Indies
colonialPower Crown of Castile
country Crown of Castile
currency Spanish real
demographics Spanish settlers
enslaved Africans
Indigenous people of Panama
surface form: indigenous peoples of the Isthmus of Panama
economy encomienda-based agriculture
gold extraction
endTime 1538
event crossing of the Isthmus of Panama
exploration of Pacific coast of the Americas
firstGovernor Diego de Nicuesa
governorTitle Governor of Castilla del Oro
historicalEra Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

Spanish colonization of the Americas
language Spanish
locatedIn Central America
locatedInPresentDay Colombia
Costa Rica NERFINISHED
Nicaragua NERFINISHED
Panama
namedBy Catholic Monarchs
namedFor gold
notableGovernor Pedrarias Dávila
Vasco Núñez de Balboa ONNED1
partOf Indies
Spanish Empire
religion Roman Catholicism
servedAs base for Spanish exploration of the Pacific Ocean
staging area for conquest of the Inca Empire
sovereignState Spain
startTime 1510

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Pedro Arias Dávila areaOfInfluence Castilla del Oro