Barinas Province (1786 - 1864) was a province of the

Captaincy General of Venezuela The Captaincy General of Venezuela ( es, Capitanía General de Venezuela), also known as the Kingdom of Venezuela (), was an administrative district of colonial Spain, created on September 8, 1777, through the Royal Decree of Graces of 1777, t ...

and later of

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. It was founded on 15 February 1786, with territory formerly part of the Maracaibo Province. In 1823,

Apure Province Apure Province (17 July 1823 - 1864) was a province of Gran Colombia, and later one of the provinces of Venezuela, after Venezuelan independence in 1830. It was created in 1823, being split from Barinas Province, with the Uribante River and Apure ...

was split from Barinas, with the

Uribante River The Uribante River is a river of Venezuela, a tributary of the Apure River. The river is in the Orinoco basin. It drains part of the southern slope of the Táchira depression. See also *List of rivers of Venezuela This is a list of rivers i ...

and Apure River marking the border. The following year Gran Colombia was reorganised into four Departments, with the

Apure Department Apure Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia. It was split from the Venezuela Department. It encompassed 2 provinces - Barinas Province Barinas Province (1786 - 1864) was a province of the Captaincy General of Venezuela and la ...

consisting of Apure Province and Barinas Province. Apure State
Historia
It became the state of Barinas with the creation of the

States of Venezuela The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states ('' es, estados''), a Capital District ('' es, Distrito Capital'') and the Federal Dependencies ('' es, Dependencias Federales''), which consist of many island ...

in 2021.

References

{{coord missing, Venezuela Provinces of the Spanish Empire Provinces of Venezuela Colonial Venezuela 1786 establishments in New Spain