Spanish Nevada

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Spanish Nevada was a former province of the Spanish Empire in North America that encompassed much of the territory of present-day Nevada and surrounding areas.

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Label Occurrences
Spanish Nevada canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
historical region
borderedByHistoricalEntity Alta California
New Spain
colonialAdministration Viceroyalty system of New Spain
colonialLanguageStatus official language
colonialMetropole Madrid
colonialPower Spain
continent North America
country Spain
currencyUsed Spanish real
economyActivity mining
ranching
trade routes
governedFrom Mexico City
historicalEventContext European colonization of the Americas
historicalLanguageFamily Romance languages
historicalRegionType frontier province
historicalStatus defunct province
province of the Spanish Empire
languageUsed Spanish
legalSystem Spanish colonial law
locatedInPresentDay Arizona
California
linked to: California (state)

Nevada
Oregon
United States
Utah
namedAfter Nevada
namedLanguage Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
partOf Spanish Empire
partOfHistoricalEntity Viceroyalty of New Spain
politicalSystem absolute monarchy (Spanish Crown)
predecessorInhabitant Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
regionCharacteristic arid climate
desert landscapes
mountainous terrain
religionOfficial Roman Catholicism
religiousOrderPresent Franciscans
linked to: Franciscan Order

Jesuits
linked to: Society of Jesus
sovereignState Spanish Empire
successorTerritory Mexican Territory of Alta California
Nevada Territory
State of Nevada
linked to: Nevada

United States of America
timePeriod Spanish colonial era
transportRoute Spanish colonial trails
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar

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Crown of Spain hasPart Spanish Nevada