Captaincy General of Chile
33°27′00″S 70°40′00″W / 33.45°S 70.666667°W
General Captaincy of Chile Kingdom of Chile | |||||||||||||
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| 1541–1810 1814–1818 | |||||||||||||
| Anthem: Marcha Real "Royal March" | |||||||||||||
Maximum approximate extent of general captaincy. Under effective control in 1786. Territories belonging to until 1786. Franks: Spanish possessions without effective control (see Limits).
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Territory legally belonging (with or without effective control) to the General Captaincy or Kingdom of Chile in 1775. | |||||||||||||
| Status | Kingdoms of Indies of the Hispanic Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Santiago | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Castilian Spanish (official) Indigenous languages (Quechuan languages, Aymara, Mapudungun, Kawésqar, Yaghan) | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||||
• 1541–1556 | Charles I | ||||||||||||
• 1808–1810 | Joseph I | ||||||||||||
• 1814–1818 | Ferdinand VII | ||||||||||||
| Royal Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1541–1553 | Pedro de Valdivia | ||||||||||||
• 1808–1810 | Francisco García Carrasco | ||||||||||||
• 1815–1818 | Casimiro Marcó del Pont | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish Empire | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1541 | ||||||||||||
| September 18, 1810 | |||||||||||||
| October 2, 1814 | |||||||||||||
| February 12 1818 | |||||||||||||
| Currency | Spanish Real | ||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | CL | ||||||||||||
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The General Captaincy of Chile (Capitanía General de Chile [kapitaˈni.a xeneˈɾal de ˈtʃile]), Governorate of Chile, or Kingdom of Chile, was a territory of the Spanish Empire from 1541 to 1818 that was, initially, part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. It comprised most of modern-day Chile and southern parts of Argentina in the Patagonia region. Its capital was Santiago de Chile. In 1810 it declared itself independent, with the Spanish reconquering the territory in 1814, but in 1818 it gained independence as the Republic of Chile. It had a number of Spanish governors over its long history and several kings.