Province of Nuevo México

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Spanish colonial province former administrative territorial entity

The Province of Nuevo México was a remote northern territory of the Spanish Empire in North America, encompassing parts of present-day New Mexico and surrounding regions as a colonial frontier outpost.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
New Mexico Province	2
Province of New Mexico	2
Provincia de Nuevo México	2
New Mexico (Spanish province)	1
Northern Provinces of New Spain	1
Province of Nuevo México canonical	1
Province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México	1
Spanish province of New Mexico	1
Spanish province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (pre-1680)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8816834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Province of Nuevo México
Context triple: [Juan Bautista de Anza, governed, Province of Nuevo México]

A. Mexican Alta California
Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
B. New Mexico Territory
New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
C. Santa Fe Province
Santa Fe Province is a central-eastern Argentine province known for its fertile agricultural lands, major industrial centers like Rosario, and its key role in the country’s economy and river-based trade.
D. Province of San Antonio
The Province of San Antonio is a coastal administrative division in central Chile known for its port city of San Antonio and its role within the Valparaíso Region.
E. State of Durango
The State of Durango is a large, landlocked federal entity in north-central Mexico known for its mountainous terrain, mining history, and role as a key link between central Mexico and the northern border regions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Province of Nuevo México
Target entity description: The Province of Nuevo México was a remote northern territory of the Spanish Empire in North America, encompassing parts of present-day New Mexico and surrounding regions as a colonial frontier outpost.

A. Mexican Alta California
Mexican Alta California was a vast northwestern province of Mexico from 1821 to 1848, encompassing much of present-day California and parts of neighboring U.S. states before its cession to the United States.
B. New Mexico Territory
New Mexico Territory was a large U.S. territorial jurisdiction in the American Southwest, organized in 1850 and encompassing present-day New Mexico and Arizona as well as parts of surrounding states before later being subdivided into smaller territories and states.
C. Santa Fe Province
Santa Fe Province is a central-eastern Argentine province known for its fertile agricultural lands, major industrial centers like Rosario, and its key role in the country’s economy and river-based trade.
D. Province of San Antonio
The Province of San Antonio is a coastal administrative division in central Chile known for its port city of San Antonio and its role within the Valparaíso Region.
E. State of Durango
The State of Durango is a large, landlocked federal entity in north-central Mexico known for its mountainous terrain, mining history, and role as a key link between central Mexico and the northern border regions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial province ⓘ former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nuevo México Province ⓘ Provincia de Nuevo México ⓘ linked to: Province of Nuevo México
borderedBy	Chihuahuan Desert to the south ⓘ Colorado Plateau to the west ⓘ Great Plains to the east ⓘ Rocky Mountains to the north ⓘ linked to: Rocky Mountains
capital	Santa Fe ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
economy	limited mining ⓘ livestock ranching ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ trade with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
endTime	1821 ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ
establishedBy	Juan de Oñate ⓘ
governmentType	Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
historicalEra	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
indigenousGroups	Apache ⓘ Comanche ⓘ Navajo ⓘ linked to: Navajo people Pueblo peoples ⓘ Ute ⓘ linked to: Ute people
knownFor	multiethnic population of Spaniards, mestizos, and Indigenous peoples ⓘ remote frontier status within the Spanish Empire ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ northern frontier of New Spain ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Arizona ⓘ Colorado ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Mexico ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Texas ⓘ United States of America ⓘ Utah ⓘ
militaryRole	buffer zone against rival European powers and nomadic peoples ⓘ
namedAfter	New Spain region of Nuevo León y Nuevo México naming tradition ⓘ concept of a "New Mexico" north of the Valley of Mexico ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
primaryRiver	Rio Grande ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	Pueblo Revolt of 1680 ⓘ Spanish reconquest of New Mexico 1692–1693 ⓘ linked to: Spanish reconquest of New Mexico
startTime	1598 ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
subdivisionType	province of New Spain ⓘ linked to: northern New Spain
successor	Mexican territory of New Mexico ⓘ linked to: New Mexico Territory Territory of New Mexico ⓘ linked to: New Mexico Territory

How these facts were elicited