Captaincy General of Guatemala

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Captaincy General of Guatemala Capitanía General de Guatemala (Spanish)
1542–1821
Flag Coat of arms
Viceroyalty of New Spain in 1794, with the Captaincy General of Guatemala shown in pink
Status	Kingdom
Capital	Santiago de Guatemala Guatemala City Gracias, Lempira (1544–1549)
Common languages	Spanish (official) Mayan languages Nawat Lenca
Religion	Catholicism
Government	Monarchy
• 1542–1621	Philip III
• 1621–1665	Philip IV
• 1808–1813	Joseph I Bonaparte (not recognized)
• 1810–1814	Cortes of Cádiz
• 1814–1821	Ferdinand VII
Captaincy General
Legislature	Audiencia of Guatemala
Historical era	Spanish Empire
• Established	1542
• Disestablished	1821
Currency	Peso
ISO 3166 code	GT
Preceded by Succeeded by Real Audiencia of Guatemala First Mexican Empire Federal Republic of Central America

The Captaincy General of Guatemala (Spanish: Capitanía General de Guatemala), also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala (Spanish: Reino de Guatemala), was an administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain in Central America, including present-day Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas. The governor-captain general was also president of the Royal Audiencia of Guatemala, the superior court.