Province of Las Californias

Las Californias
Las Californias
Province of New Spain
1767–1804
Flag of Las Californias
Flag
Coat of arms of Las Californias
Coat of arms

Las Californias within the Viceroyalty of New Spain
CapitalLoreto
(1768–1777)
Monterey (1777–1804)
Government
 • TypeColonial government
Gobernadores 
• 1767–1770
Gaspar de Portolá
(first)
• 1800–1804
José Joaquín de Arrillaga
(last)
History 
• Established
1767
• Divided into Alta and Baja California provinces
1804
Succeeded by
Alta California
Baja California Province
Today part ofUnited States
Mexico

The Province of Las Californias (Spanish: Provincia de las Californias) was a Spanish Empire province in the northwestern region of New Spain. Its territory consisted of the entire U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Utah, parts of Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado, and the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ the Californias... what we now refer to the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur and the State of California. in California Parks Department: Missions of the Californias
  2. ^ "Lieutenant-Governor of California: Commission of the Californias". Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  3. ^ Geiger, Maynard (April 1952). "The Arrival of the Franciscans in the Californias-1768–1769". The Americas. 8 (2): 209–218. doi:10.2307/978302. ISSN 0003-1615. JSTOR 978302. S2CID 146950170.
  4. ^ "Video: Is this the first or last beach in the Californias?". Los Angeles Times. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-18.