Province of Popayán

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The Province of Popayán was a historical administrative region in colonial Spanish America, centered on the city of Popayán in what is now southwestern Colombia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Spanish Empire
historical province
administrativeCenter Popayán NERFINISHED
borderedBy Province of Antioquia NERFINISHED
Province of Chocó NERFINISHED
Province of Neiva NERFINISHED
Province of Pasto NERFINISHED
Province of Quito NERFINISHED
capital Popayán NERFINISHED
colonialAdministrationLevel province
colonialLanguageOfAdministration Spanish
colonialPower Spain NERFINISHED
continent South America
country Spanish Empire
demography indigenous peoples, Spanish colonists, and people of African descent
economy agriculture
cattle ranching
gold mining
governmentType colonial provincial administration
historicalRegion Gran Colombia region NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance important mining and agricultural region in colonial New Granada
historicalStatus defunct administrative division
includedCity Popayán NERFINISHED
includedRegion Andean highlands of southwestern Colombia
Cauca River valley NERFINISHED
Pacific lowlands of present-day Colombia
language Spanish
legalSystem Spanish colonial law NERFINISHED
locatedIn northern Andes NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Colombia NERFINISHED
southwestern Colombia
namedAfter Popayán NERFINISHED
partOf Audiencia of Quito NERFINISHED
Captaincy General of New Granada NERFINISHED
New Kingdom of Granada NERFINISHED
Spanish America NERFINISHED
Viceroyalty of New Granada NERFINISHED
precededBy indigenous territories in southwestern Colombia
regionType colonial province in northern Andes
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousJurisdiction Roman Catholic Diocese of Popayán NERFINISHED
significantCity Popayán NERFINISHED
sovereignDuringExistence Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
successor Cauca Department NERFINISHED
Republic of Colombia administrative divisions
timePeriod colonial era
usedCurrency Spanish escudo
Spanish real NERFINISHED

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