What is Louisiana (New Spain)?
{{Infobox Former Subdivision |native_name = ''Luisiana'' |conventional_long_name = Spanish colonial Louisiana |common_name = Spanish Louisiana |subdivision = District |nation = New Spain |image_flag = Flag of New Spain.svg |flag = Cross of Burgundy |flag_type = Cross of Burgundy |image_coat = Coat of Arms of the Province of Louisiana.svg |image_map = Louisiana (1762) orthographic projection.svg |image_map_caption = Spanish Louisana in 1762 |national_anthem= |capital = [[New Orleans|Nueva Orleans]] |stat_area1= |stat_year1 = |stat_pop1 = |s1 = Louisiana (New France) |flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg |p1 = Louisiana (New France) |flag_p1 = Pavillon royal de France.svg |date_start = 10 February |year_start = 1763 |event_start = [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Acquisition from France]] |year_end = 1801 |date_end = 21 March |event_end = [[Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)|Return to France]] |political_subdiv = [[Illinois Country|Upper Louisiana]];<br/> Lower Louisiana |today={{flag|Canada}}<br>{{flag|United States}}}} [[File:Discovery of the Mississippi.jpg|thumb|DeSoto claiming the Mississippi, as depicted in the [[United States Capitol]] rotunda]] '''Louisiana''' ({{lang-es|link=no|'''Luisiana'''}}) was an administrative district of the [[Viceroyalty]] of [[New Spain]] from 1763 to 1801. It included the area west of the [[Mississippi River]] basin, plus [[Île d'Orléans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]. [[Spain]] got the territory from [[Early modern France|France]], which had named it '''''[[Louisiana (New France)|La Louisiane]]''''' after King [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in 1682. It is sometimes called '''Spanish Louisiana'''. The district was given back to France, under the terms of the [[Third Treaty of San Ildefonso]] (1800) and the [[Treaty of Aranjuez (1801)]]. In 1802, King [[Charles IV of Spain]] wrote a royal bill on 14 October. This changed the transfer and outlined the conditions. However, Spain agreed to still run the colony until French officials came and made the transfer official (1803). The ceremony happened at [[t