New Kingdom of Granada

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The New Kingdom of Granada (Spanish: Nuevo Reino de Granada), or Kingdom of New Granada, was the name given to a group of colonial-era Spanish ultramarine provinces in northern South America governed by the president of the Real Audiencia of Santa Fe, an area corresponding mainly to modern-day Colombia. The conquistadors originally organized it as a province with a Real Audiencia within the Viceroyalty of Peru and thus having a certain level of independence from it. The audiencia was established by the crown in 1549. Later, the kingdom became the core region of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, first established in 1717, and permanently established in 1739. Before that, New Granada was part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. After its separation from the Viceroyaly of Peru, New Granada became one of the constituent kingdoms within the newly created Viceroyalty of New Granada, which also included at various moments the similarly ranked kingdoms of Quito, Tierra Firme and Venezuela. After several...

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