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TheCaptaincy General was a division of aviceroyalty inSpanish orPortuguese colonial administration. Captaincies general were established districts that were under threat from foreign invasion or attack from indigenous peoples. Their governors were theCaptains general.

Spanish captaincies general, on account of their independence and distance from the crown, became virtual viceroyalties, having a direct relationship with the king and theCouncil of the Indies, in Madrid.^{[Note 1]}

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