Guatemala Captaincy General

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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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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
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
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
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

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Viceroyalty of New Spain includedTerritory Guatemala Captaincy General
Spanish conquest of Guatemala appliesToJurisdiction Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
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
Guatemala Captaincy General hadInstitution Guatemala Captaincy General self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Royal Audiencia of Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala foundedAsCapitalOf Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Act of Independence of Central America country Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Act of Independence of Central America relatedTo Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Captain General of Guatemala appliesToJurisdiction Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Guatemala
Captain General of Guatemala relatedTo Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Beatriz de la Cueva placeOfDeath Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Guatemala
Beatriz de la Cueva governed Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Guatemala
José Francisco Morazán Quezada birthPlace Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
José Cecilio del Valle birthPlace Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Pedro Molina Mazariegos regionOfActivity Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Dionisio de Herrera countryOfBirth Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Spanish royalist army usedInTerritory Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Soconusco wasPartOf Guatemala Captaincy General
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala
Cuscatlán (historic name for El Salvador region) predecessorOf Guatemala Captaincy General
subject surface form: Cuscatlán
this entity surface form: Captaincy General of Guatemala territories in area of modern El Salvador