Captaincy of Piauí
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The Captaincy of Piauí was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil located in the northeastern interior, corresponding roughly to the modern Brazilian state of Piauí.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piauí (captaincy) | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese colonial administrative division
ⓘ
captaincy of Brazil ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Oeiras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Captaincy of Bahia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Captaincy of Ceará NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy of Maranhão NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy of Pernambuco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Oeiras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialEconomySector |
livestock production
ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ |
| colonialLanguageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| colonialMetropolis | Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| correspondsToModernTerritory | State of Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Portuguese real NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Portuguese Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
colonial province
ⓘ
hereditary captaincy system ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | coat of arms of Piauí (colonial style) ⓘ |
| historicalCountry | Colonial Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Sertão of Northeastern Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct administrative division ⓘ |
| imperialAuthority | Portuguese monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| laterCapital | Teresina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region of colonial Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent | Brazilian state of Piauí ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Piauí River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Portuguese America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese colonial empire in the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryReligionInstitution | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereignDuringColonialPeriod | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Province of Piauí
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | colonial era of Brazil ⓘ |
| usedLegalSystem | Portuguese law ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Piauí (captaincy)