Corregimiento ( Spanish: [korexiˈmjento] ; Catalan : Corregiment , IPA: [kurəʒiˈmen] ) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purposes, ensuring districts were under crown control as opposed to local elites. A corregimiento was usually headed by a corregidor . The name comes from the word corregir, meaning "to correct".
4-530: Villa Fátima is a town and corregimiento located in the Vaupés Department , Republic of Colombia . 0°58′22″N 69°57′00″W / 0.9727°N 69.9500°W / 0.9727; -69.9500 This Department of Vaupés location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Corregimiento Corregimientos were found historically in the Kingdom of Castile ,
8-589: The French occupation , being replaced by the territorial divisions of the French military rulers. Corregimientos were finally superseded following the territorial division of Spain in 1833. The corregimiento of Totonicapán and Huehuetenango was a division under the Audiencia of Guatemala from 1547 to 1678, when it was reorganised as an alcaldía mayor . The corregimientos of Colombia are smaller units than
12-671: The Kingdom of Aragon , and the Spanish West Indies . In Old Castile corregimientos existed since the 13th century and were the administrative divisions of the Junta General de las Siete Merindades de Castilla Vieja . After the Nueva Planta decrees under the rule of Philip V —the first Bourbon king of Spain , the corregidor was replaced by an intendant . Corregimientos in Castile existed until 1835,
16-449: The year in which the municipal administration was reorganized under Queen Isabel II . In the territories of Aragon , Catalonia , and the Land of Valencia formerly under the ancient Crown of Aragon , the corregimiento ( Catalan : Corregiment ) replaced the former administrative divisions following the Nueva Planta decrees . However, corregimientos disappeared in this area during
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