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    The Captaincy General of Guatemala (Spanish: Capitanía General de Guatemala), also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala (Spanish: Reino de Guatemala), was...
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    of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque-influenced architecture and...
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    de Guatemala ("St. James of the Knights of Guatemala") was the name given to the capital city of the Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Guatemala in...
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    area of Guatemala, which held the seat of the captaincy general, the only university in Central America, and most importantly, a large population of Peninsulares...
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    was made capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala. In 1821, Guatemala City was the scene of the declaration of independence of Central America from...
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    corresponded to New Spain, the Captaincy General of Yucatán, the Captaincy General of Guatemala and the autonomous Kingdoms of East and West. The decree resulted...
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  • Audiencia of Los Confines, was a Real Audiencia (appellate court) in the Imperial Spanish territory in Central America known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala...
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    territory into the Captaincy General of Guatemala as a province of New Spain in 1524. For the next 300 years, Costa Rica was a colony of Spain. As a result...
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    Provinces of Central America"), a sovereign state in Central America, which consisted of the territories of the former Captaincy General of Guatemala. A republican...
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    which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by the Spanish, which included the territory that would become...
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  • part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala for nearly 330 years. This captaincy included what is now Chiapas in Mexico and the modern countries of Guatemala...
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    Portuguese did not divide their colonial territory in the Americas. The captaincies they created were subdued to a centralized administration in Salvador...
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  • Corregimiento (category Types of administrative division)
    division under the Audiencia of Guatemala from 1547 to 1678, when it was reorganised as an alcaldía mayor. The corregimientos of Colombia are smaller units...
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  • capital of Guatemala Guatemala Department, a department of Guatemala Guatemala, Cuba, a village in the Holguín Province Captaincy General of Guatemala, was...
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    viceroyalty of New Spain from Mexico City as the Captaincy General of Guatemala. On 24 August 1821, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O'Donojú signed the Treaty of Córdoba...
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    established captaincies general in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and Yucatán. The restructuring of the Captaincy General in 1764 was the first example of the Bourbon...
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  • news of the independence was sent to all the territories of New Spain including the intendancies of the former Captaincy General of Guatemala. The public...
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    From January 1822 to July 1823, the Captaincy General of Guatemala, a former Spanish colony, was controlled by the First Mexican Empire, and briefly, the...
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  • Viceroyalty of New Spain Captaincy General of Guatemala Captaincy General of Yucatán Captaincy General of Santo Domingo Captaincy General of Puerto Rico...
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  • This is a list of wars involving the United Mexican States . Mexico has been involved in numerous different military conflicts over the years, with most...
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    also established Captaincies General in Cuba, Guatemala and Yucatán. The Captaincy General played a crucial role in the history of the Spanish Caribbean...
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    Rafael Landívar (category Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala alumni)
    de los Caballeros, Guatemala, Captaincy General of Guatemala, October 27, 1731 - Bologna, Italy, September 27, 1793) was a Guatemalan poet and Jesuit priest...
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    modern-day El Salvador against Spanish rule and dependency on the Captaincy General of Guatemala. The independence movement was led by prominent Salvadoran and...
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    and 1775, the fortress guarded Spanish interests in the-then Captaincy General of Guatemala before being seized by the Honduran government in 1821. The...
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    Spanish point of view, re-annexed) to the Captaincy General of Guatemala. Since the beginning, however, poor land communication with Guatemala City made easier...
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    General of Cuba, Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, Captaincy General of Guatemala, Captaincy General of Chile, Captaincy General of Venezuela, and the Spanish...
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    of successor nations Flag of Costa Rica Flag of El Salvador Flag of Guatemala Flag of Honduras Flag of Nicaragua Meléndez Chaverri 2000, p. 277. Vítolo...
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    During the colonial period, Guatemala was an audiencia, a captaincy-general (Capitanía General de Guatemala) of Spain, and a part of New Spain (Mexico). The...
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    the Captaincy General of Guatemala, a dependency of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The main objective of the expedition was to capture the town of Granada...
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  • The list of countries obtaining independence from Spain is a list of countries that broke away from Spain for independence, or occasionally incorporation...
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