Intendancy of Chiloé
Intendencia de Chiloé | |||||||||
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| 1784–1789 | |||||||||
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| Status | Spanish colony | ||||||||
| Capital | San Carlos de Chiloé | ||||||||
| Common languages | Official: Spanish (de facto); common: Mapudungun. | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1784–1788 | Charles III | ||||||||
• 1789 | Charles IV | ||||||||
| Governor intendant[1] | |||||||||
• 1784–1789 | Francisco Hurtado del Pino | ||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish Empire | ||||||||
• Established | 1784 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1789 | ||||||||
| Currency | Peso | ||||||||
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The Intendancy of Chiloé (Intendencia de Chiloé), was an ephemeral administrative division of the Spanish Empire that existed in Chiloé Archipelago between 1784 and 1789.
References[]
- ^ Hanisch 1982, p. 150
Bibliography[]
- Hanisch, Walter (1982). La Isla de Chiloe, Capitana de Rutas Australes (in Spanish). Academia Superior de Ciencias Pedagógicas de Santiago. pp. 11–12.
Categories:
- Captaincy General of Chile
- Intendancies of the Spanish Empire
- History of Chiloé
- Spanish colonization of the Americas
- States and territories established in 1784
- States and territories disestablished in 1789
- Former colonies in South America