An ''alcaldía mayor'' was a civil division of the
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...
of
New Spain
New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( es, Virreinato de Nueva España, ), or Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain during the Spanish colonization of the A ...
until 1786 when the
intendencia system was introduced. In 1786 there were 129 of these subdivisions.
Sources
*Gerhard, Peter. ''A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972.
New Spain
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