Guatemala Captaincy General

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Spanish colonial administrative division captaincy general viceroyalty-level jurisdiction

The Guatemala Captaincy General was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire in Central America, encompassing much of present-day Guatemala and neighboring regions under colonial rule.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Captaincy General of Guatemala	4
Royal Audiencia of Guatemala	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial administrative division ⓘ captaincy general ⓘ viceroyalty-level jurisdiction ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Guatemala City ⓘ surface form: Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción Antigua Guatemala ⓘ surface form: Santiago de Guatemala
borderedBy	New Kingdom of Granada ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
capital	Guatemala City ⓘ surface form: Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción Antigua Guatemala ⓘ surface form: Santiago de Guatemala
colonialPower	Spain ⓘ
countryToday	Belize NERFINISHED ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ
currency	Spanish real ⓘ
dissolved	1821 ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	Central American independence from Spain ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ cacao trade ⓘ indigo production ⓘ timber extraction ⓘ
established	1540s ⓘ
establishedBy	Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
governedBy	captain general ⓘ president of the Audiencia of Guatemala ⓘ
hadInstitution	Guatemala Captaincy General self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Audiencia of Guatemala
hadStatus	autonomous from viceroy in military matters ⓘ dependent on viceroy in fiscal matters ⓘ
historicalEra	Early modern period ⓘ Spanish colonial period ⓘ
includedRegion	Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Yucatán frontier areas
legalSystem	Castilian law ⓘ
locatedIn	Americas ⓘ Central America ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Council of the Indies ⓘ surface form: Council of the Indies system Spanish Empire ⓘ
predecessor	early Spanish governorates in Central America ⓘ
regionType	audiencia and captaincy general ⓘ
religionOfficial	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereign	King of Spain ⓘ
subordinateTo	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
successor	United Provinces of Central America ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Central America independent states of Central America ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Spanish conquest of Guatemala → appliesToJurisdiction → Guatemala Captaincy General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala → foundedAsCapitalOf → Guatemala Captaincy General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala

Guatemala Captaincy General → hadInstitution → Guatemala Captaincy General self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Audiencia of Guatemala

Viceroyalty of New Spain → includedTerritory → Guatemala Captaincy General ⓘ

Spanish America → includes → Guatemala Captaincy General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala

United Provinces of Central America → precededBy → Guatemala Captaincy General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala