Captaincy General and Commandant of the Inner Provinces ( Spanish Comandancia y Capitanía General de las Provincias Internas ) - the administrative unit of the Spanish Empire , which existed in the years 1776-1820.
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When José de Galves was the chief inspector of Spanish America in 1761–1770, he came up with the idea of forming a separate vice kingdom or captaincy on the northern borders of New Spain , which would better protect the region from the claims of other powers and attacks indians The low population of the region and low profitability compared with the estimated costs did not allow then to carry out this project, but in 1775 José de Galves became Minister for Indian Affairs, and was able to implement his ideas. He created the vice-kingdom of Rio de la Plata and the Captaincy-General of Venezuela (in fact, also a vice-kingdom), in the north his desire was the creation of the vice-kingdom of New Wiscay, but this was not allowed, and then In the northern regions of New Spain, the Commandant-General of the Inner Provinces was created, whose head was Teodoro de Croix .
The new administrative unit was made up of Sonora i Sinaloa , New Vizcaya , California , Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico and Coahuila i Texas provinces , under the jurisdiction of the Guadalajara Audi , the capital of the new administrative unit was Arispe . In 1786, the Inner Provinces were divided into three commandants: West, Central and East, in 1787 they were reorganized into two - West and East (with the border between them along the Guanaval River). In 1790, the commandant was re-incorporated into the Commandant-General of the Inner Provinces with its capital in Chihuahua . In 1793 in California, the New Kingdom of León and New Santander were appointed military governors. In 1804, California was divided into Upper California and Lower California.
On May 31, 1820, the Commandant-General of the Inner Provinces was liquidated, and its territories returned to the viceroyalty of New Spain.