# Intendancies of Santiago and Concepción (1786)

URL: https://allhistories.com/chile/timeline/1786-intendancies-of-santiago-and-concepcion
Location: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan
Themes: Politics

Applying the Bourbon intendancy system, the crown divides Chile into two intendancies, Santiago and Concepción, each headed by an intendant responsible for finance, justice, war and public works. Ambrosio O'Higgins is appointed intendant of Concepción. The reform aims to improve tax collection and strengthen royal control. Subdelegates are appointed to govern the rural districts under each intendant.

## Why it matters
The intendancies modernised colonial administration in Chile, and their boundaries influenced the provinces later created by the independent Chilean republic.

Ruler at the Time: [Charles III](https://allhistories.com/chile/rulers/charles-iii)

Governor and Captain General of Chile: Ambrosio de Benavides
Viceroy of Peru: Teodoro de Croix

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Captaincy General of Chile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captaincy_General_of_Chile)
- [Wikipedia — Bourbon Reforms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_Reforms)
- [Wikipedia — Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosio_O'Higgins,_1st_Marquess_of_Osorno)