Governorate of New Castile

Governorate of New Castile Gobernación de Nueva Castilla
1529–1542
Military flag
Spanish map of the administrative division of New Castile made in 1535
Status	Governorate of the Crown of Castile
Capital	Jauja 1533–1535 Lima after 1535
Common languages	Official: Spanish; common: Quechua, Kichwa, Aymara, Puquina.
Religion	Catholicism
Government	Monarchy
King
• 1516–1556	Charles I
Governor
• 1529–1541	Francisco Pizarro
• 1541–1544	Cristóbal Vaca de Castro
• 1544–1548	Gonzalo Pizarro (Self-proclaimed; unrecognized by Spanish court until death)
Historical era	Spanish empire
• Capitulation of Toledo	1529
• Atahualpa captured by the Spaniards	1532
• Fall of Cuzco	1533
• Appointment of Francisco Pizarro as Viceroy of Peru	1542
Currency	Spanish dollar
Preceded by Succeeded by Inca Empire Chanka Cañari Huanca people Chachapoya culture Asháninka Indigenous peoples of the Americas Viceroyalty of Peru

The Governorate of New Castile (Gobernación de Nueva Castilla, pronounced [ɡoβeɾnaˈθjon de ˈnweβa kasˈtiʎa])^[1] was the gubernatorial region administered to Francisco Pizarro in 1529 by King Charles I of Spain, of which he was appointed governor.

The region roughly consisted of modern Peru and was, after the foundation of Lima in 1535, divided. The conquest of the Inca Empire in 1531–1533, performed by Pizarro and his brothers set the basis for the territorial boundaries of New Castile.