Governorate of Cuba

Governorate of Cuba
1511–1607
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Islands and Mainland in the Ocean Sea at 1513
Status	Governorate of the Spanish Empire
Capital	Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa
Official languages	Spanish
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Monarchy
List of Castilian monarchs
Historical era	Spanish Empire
• Established	1511
• Elevated into a Captaincy General	1607
Succeeded by Captaincy General of Cuba

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Since the 16th century the island of Cuba had been under the control of the governor-captain general of Santo Domingo. The conquest of Cuba was organized in 1510 by the recently restored Viceroy of the Indies, Diego Colón, under the command of Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, who became Cuba's first governor until his death in 1524.

Velázquez founded the city of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa in 1511 and convoked a general cabildo (a local government council) to govern Cuba, which was authorized by the king of Spain.

Cuba was elevated into the Captaincy General of Cuba in 1607.