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Corregimiento (; , ) 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".
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- Historical corregimientos
- Castile
- Crown of Aragon
- Captaincy General of Guatemala
- Present-day ''corregimientos''
- Colombia
- Panama
- See also
- References
Corregimiento (; , ) 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".
==Historical corregimientos== Corregimientos were found historically in the Kingdom of Castile, the Kingdom of Aragon, and the Spanish West Indies.
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