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 of Territorial Division divided Venezuela into 21 provinces.
Some of the provinces at independence had previously existed in a similar form during the Spanish Empire, in some cases having been abolished during the Gran Colombia period. With the conclusion of the Federal War in 1863, a new constitution transformed the provinces into the States of Venezuela.
Before the declaration of independence
As of 1810 Venezuela's provinces within the Captaincy General of Venezuela were- Barinas Province
- Guayana Province
- Maracaibo Province
- Margarita Province
- New Andalusia Province
- Venezuela Province
At independence, 1830
- Apure Province
- Barcelona Province
- Barinas Province
- Carabobo Province
- Caracas Province
- Coro Province
- Cumaná Province
- Guayana Province
- Maracaibo Province
- Margarita Province
- Mérida Province
Later
- Barquisimeto Province
- Trujillo Province
- Aragua Province and Guárico Province
- 1856 - Law of Territorial Division divides Venezuela into 21 provinces, with the new provinces being
- * Amazonas Province,
- * Cojedes Province,
- * Maturin Province,
- * Portuguesa Province,
- * Táchira Province
- * Yaracuy Province.
- 1860 - Amazonas Province merged into Guayana Province
- Zamora Province