Captaincy General of the Canary Islands

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The Captaincy General of the Canary Islands was a Spanish colonial administrative and military jurisdiction that governed the Canary Islands on behalf of the Spanish Crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial administrative division
military jurisdiction
appliesToJurisdiction Canary Islands NERFINISHED
appliesToPart El Hierro NERFINISHED
Fuerteventura NERFINISHED
Gran Canaria NERFINISHED
La Gomera NERFINISHED
La Palma NERFINISHED
Lanzarote NERFINISHED
Tenerife NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritorialForm archipelago
capital Las Palmas de Gran Canaria NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz de Tenerife NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Spain
currency Spanish escudo
Spanish peseta NERFINISHED
Spanish real NERFINISHED
establishedBy Spanish Crown NERFINISHED
followed Lordship of the Canary Islands NERFINISHED
follows Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED
hasAdministrativeCentre Las Palmas de Gran Canaria NERFINISHED
Santa Cruz de Tenerife NERFINISHED
hasBorderWith Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
hasCentralGovernment Council of Castile NERFINISHED
hasColonialPower Spain NERFINISHED
hasGovernmentForm colonial administration
military administration
hasHistoricalRegion Macaronesia NERFINISHED
hasJurisdictionOver defense of the Canary Islands
internal security of the Canary Islands
hasOfficialReligion Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture
maritime trade
hasRepresentative captain general of the Canary Islands
hasSovereign Spanish Crown NERFINISHED
hasStrategicImportance Atlantic navigation routes
hasTypeOfAdministration captaincy general
languageUsed Spanish
legalSystem Castilian law
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Canary Islands NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone UTC±00:00
militaryBranch Spanish Army
Spanish Navy NERFINISHED
partOf Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
Spanish Atlantic possessions NERFINISHED
Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
replacedBy Province of Canary Islands NERFINISHED

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Captain General of the Canary Islands governingBody Captaincy General of the Canary Islands