Apure Province (17 July 1823 - 1864) was a province of

Gran Colombia Gran Colombia (, "Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: ''República de Colombia''), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 18 ...

, and later one of the

provinces of Venezuela The Provinces of Venezuela were administrative divisions used from Venezuela's independence from Gran Colombia in 1830 to 1864, when the States of Venezuela were created. There were initially 11 provinces, with 4 created later, until in 1856 the Law ...

, after

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 ...

n independence in 1830. It was created in 1823, being split from

Barinas Province Barinas Province (1786 - 1864) was a province of the Captaincy General of Venezuela and later of Venezuela. It was founded on 15 February 1786, with territory formerly part of the Maracaibo Province. In 1823, Apure Province was split from Barin ...

, 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. Its capital was Achaguas, for which the Province was sometimes called ''Achaguas Province''. It became the state of

Apure Apure State ( es, Estado Apure, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations pronounced by the colonial author ...

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 1864. Apure State
Historia
/ref> Capital: Achaguas. Cantons: Achaguas, Guadualito, Mantecal and San Fernando.

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Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of Venezuela 1823 establishments in Gran Colombia 1824 disestablishments in Gran Colombia {{Venezuela-hist-stub