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Colony of Santiago
Former Spanish colony in the Caribbean / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santiago was a Spanish territory of the Spanish West Indies and within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, in the Caribbean region. Its location is the present-day island and nation of Jamaica.
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Spanish Santiago Santiago | |||||||||||
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1509–1655 | |||||||||||
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Status | Colony of Spain; part of the Spanish West Indies, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo | ||||||||||
Capital | Villa de la Vega | ||||||||||
Common languages | Spanish Taíno | ||||||||||
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Ferdinand II of Aragon (First) Charles II of Spain (Last) | |||||||||||
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• 1510–1514 | Juan de Esquivel (First) | ||||||||||
• 1656–1660 | Cristóbal Arnaldo Isasi (Last) | ||||||||||
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• Established | 1509 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1655 | ||||||||||
Currency | Spanish dollar | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Jamaica |
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