Viceroyalty of New Granada
Viceroyalty of New Granada Virreinato de la Nueva Granada Virreinato del Nuevo Reyno de Granada | |
|---|---|
| 1717–1723 1739–1810 1816–1822 | |
| Motto: Utraque Unum "Out of two (worlds) one" | |
| Anthem: Marcha Real "Royal March" | |
Viceroyalty of New Granada at its largest extent, 1739–1777 | |
| Status | Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire |
| Capital | Santa Fe de Bogotá |
| Common languages | Spanish (official, administrative) Indigenous languages (Arawakan languages, Barbacoan languages, Chibchan languages, Guajiboan languages, Páez, Ticuna) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Government | Monarchy |
| Kings | |
• 1717–1724 (first) | Philip V |
• 1813–1822 (last) | Ferdinand VII |
| Viceroy | |
• 1718–1719 (first) | Antonio Ignacio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero |
• 1819–1822 (last) | Juan de la Cruz Mourgeón |
| Historical era | Spanish colonization of the Americas |
• Established | 27 May 1717–1723 1739–1810 1816 |
• Suppressed | 5 November 1723 |
• Reestablished | 20 August 1739 |
| 8 September 1777 | |
| 20 July 1810 | |
| 3 September 1816 | |
| 24 May 1822 | |
| Population | |
• 1778 | 1,280,000 |
• 1810 | 2,150,000 |
| Currency | Spanish real |
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The Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada (Spanish: Virreinato del Nuevo Reino de Granada [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa ɣɾaˈnaða]), also called Viceroyalty of New Granada or Viceroyalty of Santa Fe, was the name given on 27 May 1717 to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela. Created in 1717 by King Felipe V, as part of a new territorial control policy, it was suspended in 1723 for financial problems and was restored in 1739 until the independence movement suspended it again in 1810. The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739, and the provinces of Venezuela were separated from the Viceroyalty and assigned to the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1777. In addition to those core areas, the territory of the Viceroyalty of New Granada included Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, southwestern Suriname, parts of northwestern Brazil, and northern Peru. A strip along the Atlantic Ocean in Mosquito Coast was added by the Royal Decree of 20 November 1803, but the British battled for administrative control.