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Captaincy General of Guatemala
1609–1821 Spanish colony in Central America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Captaincy General of Guatemala (Spanish: Capitanía General de Guatemala), also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala (Spanish: Reino de Guatemala), was an administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain in Central America, including the present-day nations of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas. The governor-captain general was also president of the Royal Audiencia of Guatemala, the superior court.
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For the territory of the First Mexican Empire of the same name, see Central America under Mexican rule.
Quick Facts Capitanía General de Guatemala (Spanish), Status ...
Captaincy General of Guatemala | |||||||||||
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![]() Viceroyalty of New Spain in 1794, with the Captaincy General of Guatemala
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Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||
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Religion | Catholicism | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
• 1542–1621 | Philip III | ||||||||||
• 1621–1665 | Philip IV | ||||||||||
• 1808–1813 | Joseph I Bonaparte (not recognized) | ||||||||||
• 1810–1814 | Cortes of Cádiz | ||||||||||
• 1814–1821 | Ferdinand VII | ||||||||||
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Legislature | Audiencia of Guatemala | ||||||||||
Historical era | Spanish Empire | ||||||||||
• Established | 1542 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1821 | ||||||||||
Currency | Peso | ||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | GT | ||||||||||
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