Colony of Santiago
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.
Spanish Santiago Santiago | |||||||||||
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| Status | Colony of Spain; part of the Spanish West Indies, New Spain | ||||||||||
| Capital | Villa de la Vega | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish Taíno | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
• King of Spain | Ferdinand II of Aragon (First) Charles II of Spain (Last) | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1510 - 1514 | Juan de Esquivel (First) | ||||||||||
• 1656 - 1660 | Cristóbal Arnaldo Isasi (Last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1509 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1655 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Spanish dollar | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Jamaica | ||||||||||
| History of Jamaica |
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| Pre-Columbian Jamaica |
| Taíno people |
| Spanish Jamaica |
| Spanish settlement |
| English Jamaica |
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Invasion of Jamaica 1692 Jamaica earthquake First Maroon War Tacky's War Second Maroon War Baptist War Morant Bay rebellion Rastafari movement |
| Independent Jamaica |
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Independence of Jamaica Jamaican political conflict |
| Jamaica portal |
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