Province of Nuevo México

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Spanish colonial province former administrative territorial entity

The Province of Nuevo México was a remote northern territory of the Spanish Empire in North America, encompassing parts of present-day New Mexico and surrounding regions as a colonial frontier outpost.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
New Mexico (Spanish province) 1
New Mexico Province 1
Northern Provinces of New Spain 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial province ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nuevo México Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Provincia de Nuevo México NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Chihuahuan Desert to the south ⓘ
Colorado Plateau to the west ⓘ
Great Plains to the east ⓘ
Rocky Mountains to the north NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Santa Fe NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
economy limited mining ⓘ
livestock ranching ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
trade with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
endTime 1821 ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
establishedBy Juan de Oñate NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
historicalEra Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenousGroups Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ
Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Navajo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pueblo peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ute NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor multiethnic population of Spaniards, mestizos, and Indigenous peoples ⓘ
remote frontier status within the Spanish Empire ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
northern frontier of New Spain ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole buffer zone against rival European powers and nomadic peoples ⓘ
namedAfter New Spain region of Nuevo León y Nuevo México naming tradition ⓘ
concept of a "New Mexico" north of the Valley of Mexico ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRiver Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent Pueblo Revolt of 1680 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish reconquest of New Mexico 1692–1693 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1598 ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
subdivisionType province of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Mexican territory of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Territory of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Juan Bautista de Anza → governed → Province of Nuevo México ⓘ
Anglo-Spanish conflicts in North America → locatedIn → Province of Nuevo México ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Mexico (Spanish province)
Nueva Vizcaya → borderedBy → Province of Nuevo México ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Mexico Province
Nuevo Reino de León → partOf → Province of Nuevo México ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Provinces of New Spain