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

Captaincy General of Venezuela The Captaincy General of Venezuela (), was an administrative district of colonial Spain, created on September 8, 1777, through the Royal Decree of Graces of 1777, to provide more autonomy for the provinces of Venezuela, previously under the ju ...

and later of

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. 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 The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximat ...

and

Apure River The Apure River is a river of southwestern Venezuela, formed by the confluence of the Sarare and Uribante near Guasdualito, in Venezuela, at , and flowing across the Llanos into the Orinoco. It provides significant transportation in the area. Ori ...

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

Apure Department Carta del Departamento de Apure

Apure Department was o ...

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 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a federation made up of twenty-three states ('), a Capital District (Venezuela), Capital District (') and the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, Federal Dependencies ('), which consist of many ...

in 2021.

References

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