Province of Nueva Vizcaya
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The Province of Nueva Vizcaya was a vast frontier administrative region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain that encompassed parts of what are now northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical administrative division
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province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Province of Coahuila
NERFINISHED
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Province of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Nueva Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Ciudad de Durango
NERFINISHED
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Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolutionReason | independence of Mexico and later territorial reorganization ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
cattle ranching
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silver mining ⓘ |
| era | Spanish colonial period ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | colonial province ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOf | northern frontier of New Spain ⓘ |
| includedIndigenousGroups |
Tarahumara
NERFINISHED
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Tepehuan NERFINISHED ⓘ various Apache groups ⓘ |
| includedTerritory |
parts of present-day Arizona
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parts of present-day Coahuila ⓘ parts of present-day New Mexico ⓘ parts of present-day Sonora ⓘ parts of present-day Texas ⓘ present-day state of Chihuahua ⓘ present-day state of Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
frontier military presidios
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mining settlements ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Spain
NERFINISHED
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northern New Spain ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
northern Mexico
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southwestern United States ⓘ |
| militaryRole | defense of northern frontier of New Spain ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Biscay
NERFINISHED
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Nueva Vizcaya (Basque homeland reference) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vizcaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Interior Provinces of New Spain
NERFINISHED
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Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousAdministration | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereign | King of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct administrative division ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Tamazula, Nueva Vizcaya, Viceroyalty of New Spain
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