Guayana Province
| Guayana Province Provincia de Guayana | |||||||||||
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| 1585–1864 | |||||||||||
Flag (Spanish Empire)
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Map of colonial Venezuela, with Guayana Province in yellow, published in 1810] | |||||||||||
| Capital | Angostura | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1840 | 469,671 km2 (181,341 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1840 | 56,471 | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Monarchy (until 1821) | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 1665–1700 | Charles II | ||||||||||
• 1700–1724 | Philip V | ||||||||||
• 1724 | Louis I | ||||||||||
• 1724–1746 | Philip V | ||||||||||
• 1746–1759 | Ferdinand VI | ||||||||||
• 1759–1788 | Charles III | ||||||||||
• 1788–1808 | Charles IV | ||||||||||
• 1808–1833 | Ferdinand VII (de jure) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Spanish colonization | ||||||||||
| 1585 | |||||||||||
| 24 June 1821 | |||||||||||
• Elevation to statehood | 1864 | ||||||||||
| Contained within | |||||||||||
| • Empire | Spanish Empire | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Venezuela Guyana Brazil | ||||||||||
Guayana Province (1585−1864) was a province of Spanish Colonial Venezuela and independent Venezuela, located in the Guyana region of northeastern South America.
The province was part of the Spanish colonial New Andalusia Province and Captaincy General of Venezuela from 1585 to 1821, and of independent Venezuela from 1821 to 1864.