Audiencia of Quito

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Real Audiencia colonial administrative district judicial district

The Audiencia of Quito was a major Spanish colonial administrative and judicial district in the northern Andes, centered on the city of Quito and encompassing territories in present-day Ecuador and surrounding regions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Royal Audience of Quito	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Real Audiencia ⓘ colonial administrative district ⓘ judicial district ⓘ
administers	Spanish settlers ⓘ indigenous populations ⓘ
appliesLaw	Laws of the Indies ⓘ surface form: Castilian law Indies law ⓘ
capital	Quito ⓘ
centeredOn	Quito ⓘ surface form: city of Quito
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
currency	Spanish real ⓘ
establishedBy	Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
function	appeal court ⓘ governing council ⓘ territorial administration ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ ecclesiastical matters ⓘ indigenous affairs ⓘ
hasRole	administrative authority ⓘ fiscal administration ⓘ judicial authority ⓘ military oversight ⓘ
historicalEra	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ surface form: Spanish colonial period
legalStatus	royal jurisdiction ⓘ
legalSystem	Spanish colonial law ⓘ
locatedIn	South America ⓘ Andean region ⓘ surface form: northern Andes
locatedInPresentDay	Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ
namedAfter	Quito ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereign	Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Monarchy of Spain
subordinateTo	Council of the Indies ⓘ King of Spain ⓘ
successor	Gran Colombia (Quito region) ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ surface form: Republic of Ecuador
territoryIncludes	Quito basin ⓘ surface form: Quito region parts of present-day Ecuadorian coast ⓘ parts of present-day Ecuadorian highlands ⓘ parts of present-day northern Peru ⓘ parts of present-day southern Colombia ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Viceroyalty of New Granada → administrativeDivision → Audiencia of Quito ⓘ

Ecuadorian War of Independence → conflictIn → Audiencia of Quito ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Audience of Quito

Spanish America → includes → Audiencia of Quito ⓘ

Ecuadorian War of Independence → location → Audiencia of Quito ⓘ

Gran Colombia → precededBy → Audiencia of Quito ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Audience of Quito

Viceroyalty of New Granada → precededBy → Audiencia of Quito ⓘ