Captaincy General of Guatemala
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.
Captaincy General of Guatemala Capitanía General de Guatemala (Spanish) | |||||||||||
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Map of the provinces of the Kingdom of Guatemala. | |||||||||||
| 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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