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Guayana Province (1585−1864) was a former province of Spanish
Colonial Venezuela
Spanish expeditions led by Columbus and Alonso de Ojeda reached the coast of present-day Venezuela in 1498 and 1499. The first colonial exploitation was of the pearl oysters of the "Pearl Islands". Spain established its first permanent South Ameri ...
and independent
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 ...
, located in the
Guyana region of northeastern
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.
The province was part of the
Spanish colonial New Andalusia Province
New Andalusia Province or Province of Cumaná (1537–1864) was a province of the Spanish Empire, and later of Gran Colombia and Venezuela. It included the territory of present-day Venezuelan states Sucre, Venezuela, Sucre, Anzoátegui and Mon ...
and
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 ...
from 1585 to 1821, and of independent Venezuela from 1821 to 1864.
History
Guayana Province covered a territory roughly equal to the present day country of
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
and the Venezuelan
Guayana Region
The Guayana Region is an administrative region of eastern Venezuela.
History
In the 1970s, after the process of forming the Political-Administrative Regions through CORDIPLAN in the government of Rafael Caldera, the Region of Guyana was f ...
from 1591 to 1739, when the province's territory was merged into the Spanish Trinidad-Guayana Province, along with
Trinidad Province
The Province of Trinidad (1525–1802) was a province of the Spanish Empire which was created in 1525.
From 1591 to 1731 it was merged with Guayana Province, as Trinidad-Guayana Province. It was lost to the British in 1797, a loss recognised by t ...
(present day
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
).
Amazonas is named after the
Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
, and was formerly part of the Spanish
Viceroyalty of Peru
The Viceroyalty of Peru ( es, Virreinato del Perú, links=no) was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from ...
, a region called Spanish Guyana. It was settled by the Portuguese in the early 18th century and incorporated into the
Portuguese empire
The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and the l ...
after the
Treaty of Madrid in 1750. It became a state of the
Brazilian Republic
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in 1889.
Guayana Province was within the Spanish colonial
New Andalusia Province
New Andalusia Province or Province of Cumaná (1537–1864) was a province of the Spanish Empire, and later of Gran Colombia and Venezuela. It included the territory of present-day Venezuelan states Sucre, Venezuela, Sucre, Anzoátegui and Mon ...
from its establishment in 1585 to 1776, when it was incorporated into the new
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 ...
. It was also within the larger jurisdiction of the
Viceroyalty of New Granada
The Viceroyalty of New Granada ( es, Virreinato de Nueva Granada, links=no ) also called Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada or Viceroyalty of Santafé was the name given on 27 May 1717, to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in norther ...
(1717–1819).
After the
Venezuelan War of Independence
The Venezuelan War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela, links=no, 1810–1823) was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early nineteenth century, when independence movements in Latin America fought agai ...
(1811–1823) it was a province in new nation of Venezuela until 1864.
Maps
File:Provincia de Guayana Cantón Caycara.jpg, Cantón Caycara (now western Bolívar State)
File:Provincia de Guayana Cantón Angostura.JPG, Cantón Angostura (now central Bolívar State)
File:Provincia de Guayana Cantón Upata.JPG, Cantón Upata (now eastern Bolívar State)
File:Provincia de Guayana Cantón Piacoa.JPG, Cantón Piacoa (now Delta Amacuro
Delta Amacuro State ( es, Estado Delta Amacuro, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, and is the location of the Orinoco Delta. The Paria Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean are found to the north, Bolívar State is found to the south, the Atlantic O ...
, previously part of colonial New Andalusia Province
New Andalusia Province or Province of Cumaná (1537–1864) was a province of the Spanish Empire, and later of Gran Colombia and Venezuela. It included the territory of present-day Venezuelan states Sucre, Venezuela, Sucre, Anzoátegui and Mon ...
)
File:Provincia de Guayana Cantón Rionegro.JPG, Cantón Rionegro (now Amazonas State)
See also
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History of Guyana
The history of Guyana begins about 35,000 years ago with the arrival of humans coming from Eurasia. These migrants became the Carib and Arawak tribes, who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499 at the Essequibo River. In the en ...
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Colonial Venezuela
Spanish expeditions led by Columbus and Alonso de Ojeda reached the coast of present-day Venezuela in 1498 and 1499. The first colonial exploitation was of the pearl oysters of the "Pearl Islands". Spain established its first permanent South Ameri ...
**
Governorate of New Andalusia (1501–13)
The Governorate of New Andalusia was a Spanish Governorate of the Crown of Castile in South America which existed between 1534–1617.
History
The governorate was created as one of King Charles V's grants of 1534, establishing the ''adelantado ...
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New Andalusia Province (1537–1864)
**
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 ...
(1777–1823)
The Guianas
Colonial Venezuela
Provinces of the Spanish Empire
Former colonies in South America
History of Guyana
Spanish period of Trinidad and Tobago
History of Venezuela
Provinces of Venezuela
Geography of Bolívar (state)
Viceroyalty of New Granada
States and territories established in 1585
States and territories disestablished in 1821
States and territories disestablished in 1864
1585 establishments in South America
1864 disestablishments in South America
1585 establishments in the Spanish Empire
1821 disestablishments in the Spanish Empire
16th-century establishments in Venezuela
1820s disestablishments in Venezuela
1820s establishments in Venezuela
1860s disestablishments in Venezuela
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