Spanish East Indies

The Spanish East Indies ( ; Filipino: Silangang Indiyas ng Espanya) were the overseas territories of the Spanish Empire in Asia and Oceania from 1565 to 1901, They were governed from Mexico City and Madrid through the captaincy general in Manila.
Areas
The territories are:

 the Captaincy General of the Philippines (1565–1898) (now the Philippines)
 Palaos (1574–1899)
 the Marianas (1667–1898 or 1899) (now Guam and Northern Mariana Islands)
 the Carolines (Nuevas Filipinas) (1686–1899) (now the Federated States of Micronesia)
 the Marshall Islands (1874–1885)
 parts of Formosa (now Taiwan) (1626–1642)
 parts of Sulawesi (Celebes) and of the Moluccas (Maluku Islands) (1580–1663) (now parts of Indonesia)
History
The King of Spain called himself "King of the East and West Indies".

From 1565 to 1821 these territories, together with the Spanish West Indies, were administered through the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City. After independence of the Mexican empire, they were ruled directly from Madrid. The territories ruled included present day Philippines, Guam and the Mariana Islands, as well as Palau, part of Micronesia and for a brief period Northern Taiwan and parts of North Sulawesi and the Moluccas. Cebu was the first seat of government, which later transferred to Manila.

As a result of the Spanish–American War in 1898, the United States of America occupied the Spanish Philippines and Guam, while Spain sold other smaller islands to Germany in the German–Spanish Treaty of 1899. The few remaining islands were ceded to the United States when the Treaty of Washington was ratified in 1901.

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Category:1565 establishments
Category:1900s disestablishments
Category:History of the Philippines
Category:History of Spain
Category:Spanish Empire
Category:Former colonies in Asia