Captaincy General of Guatemala
Captaincy General of Guatemala Capitanía General de Guatemala (Spanish) | |||||||||
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| 1609–1821 | |||||||||
| Motto: Plus ultra "Further Beyond" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Marcha Real "Royal March" | |||||||||
New Spain in 1794, with the Captaincy General of Guatemala shown in pink | |||||||||
The captaincy general in 1800 | |||||||||
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| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Captaincy general | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1609–1621 | Philip III (first) | ||||||||
• 1808, 1813–1821 | Ferdinand VII (last) | ||||||||
| Captain General | |||||||||
• 1609–1611 | Alonso Criado de Castilla (first) | ||||||||
• 1821 | Gabino Gaínza (last) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Real Audiencia of Guatemala | ||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish America | ||||||||
• Established | 1609 | ||||||||
| 15 September 1821 | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1778 | 811,675 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua | ||||||||
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 present-day Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas. The governor-captain general was also president of the Royal Audiencia of Guatemala, the superior court.