Talk:Captaincy General of Guatemala

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I think that the primary title of this article should be Captaincy General of Guatemala, with a note in the first sentence that it is also called Kingdom of Guatemala. This is the form of the es: wiki article [1]. (In fact, the es: wiki doesn't even have a Reino de Guatemala article [2] In addition, all the links into this article are through Captaincy General of Guatemala, and none are through Kingdom of Guatemala. Thus, I think Captaincy should take precedence over Kingdom, and am moving the article back while maintaining the article content about the Kingdom of Guatemala--Erudy 12:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

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The name of the original city is not 'Cuidad Vieja', it was Santiago de los Caballeros. Ciudad Vieja was a name given to the settlement in later times. Given that it means "Old City', it is highly unlikely that conquistadors founding a city in the NEW WORLD would call their brand new settlement "Old City".