Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain

New Biscay
Nueva Vizcaya
1562–1821
CapitalVictoria de Durango
Government
 • TypeViceroyalty
Governor-General 
• 1562
Francisco de Ibarra
History 
• Established
1562
27 September 1821
Succeeded by
Chihuahua (state)
Durango

Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscay, Basque: Bizkai Berria) was the first province in the north of New Spain to be explored and settled by the Spanish. It consisted mostly of the area which is today the states of Chihuahua and Durango and the southwest of Coahuila in Mexico as well as parts of Texas in the United States.