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Nuevo Reino de Granada
New Kingdom of Granada

Colony of the Spanish Empire
← ← 16th century – 1717 →
Burgundian Saltire Coat of arms of Bogotá
Map of the New Kingdom of Granada
Capital	Santa Fe de Bogotá
Language(s)	Castilian
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Monarchy
King	Kings of Spain
Viceroy	Viceroys of New Granada
Historical era	Spanish colonization of the Americas
- Established	16th century
- Restablished; Viceroyalty supressed.	November 5, 1723
- Disestablished; Viceroyalty restablished.	August 20, 1739
- Reconquered.	September 3, 1816
- Disestablished	July 17, 1717
Currency	Real

The New Kingdom of Granada (Spanish: Nuevo Reino de Granada) was the name given to a group of 16th century Spanish colonial provinces in northern South America, corresponding mainly to modern Colombia. It became part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1717, and ceased to exist altogether with the later's end in 1819 and the establishment of an independent republic.

In 1514, the Spanish first permanently settled in the area. With Santa Marta (founded on July 29, 1525 by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas) and Cartagena (1533), Spanish control of the coast was established, and the extension of colonial control into the interior could begin. The conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada colonised a large area in the region, by following the Magdalena River into the Andean cordillera, defeating the powerful Chibcha people and founding the city of Santa Fé de Bogotá (c. 1538, currently Bogotá) and naming the region El nuevo reino de Granada, "the new kingdom of Granada", after the kingdom of Granada which had existed until 1492 in southernmost Spain.

To establish civil government in New Granada, an Audiencia (a "court of hearing") was established at Santa Fé de Bogotá in 1548-1549, a body that combined executive and judicial authority, until a presidencia or governor was established in 1564, assuming executive powers. At this point, New Granada was considered a Captaincy General within the Viceroyalty of Peru. The jurisdiction of the Audiencia court over the surrounding provinces determined the territory corresponding to New Granada, as new provinces were created in the following years.

The governor was loosely dependent upon the Viceroy of Peru at Lima, but the slowness of communications between the two capitals led to the establishment of an independent Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1717 (and its reestablishment in 1739 after a short interruption).

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