Province of Guayana

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Spanish colonial province historical administrative division

The Province of Guayana was a colonial-era administrative region in northeastern South America, encompassing parts of present-day Venezuela and neighboring territories along the Orinoco River and Guiana Shield.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Province of Guayana canonical 2
Guayana Region 1
Venezuelan Guayana 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial province ⓘ
historical administrative division ⓘ
administrativeCenter Angostura ⓘ
Santo Tomé de Guayana ⓘ
associatedWithGeologicalRegion Guiana Shield ⓘ
associatedWithRiverSystem Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form: Orinoco River basin
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Orinoco River ⓘ
capital Angostura ⓘ
Ciudad Bolívar ⓘ
Berbice ⓘ
surface form: Santo Tomé de Guayana
colonialPower Spain ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
dissolvedInto Bolívar State ⓘ
surface form: Guayana state
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
river trade ⓘ
governedBy Governor of British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Governor of Guayana
hasResource cacao ⓘ
cattle ⓘ
gold ⓘ
timber ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Spanish colonial period ⓘ
includedIndigenousGroups Arawak ⓘ
surface form: Arawak peoples

Carib peoples ⓘ
knownFor frontier with Dutch and English Guianas ⓘ
strategic control of Orinoco River ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Brazil ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Venezuela ⓘ
locatedInRegion Guiana Shield ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Orinoco River ⓘ
partOf Audiencia of Caracas ⓘ
Colonial Venezuela ⓘ
Guayana Region ⓘ
surface form: Guayana region

Santo Tomé de Guayana ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Guiana
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
strategicImportance access route to interior of South America ⓘ
defense of Orinoco basin ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Bolívar State ⓘ
surface form: Estado Guayana (Venezuela)

Guayana Region ⓘ
surface form: Guayana Department of Gran Colombia

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Captaincy General of Venezuela → includedTerritory → Province of Guayana ⓘ
Ciudad Guayana → partOf → Province of Guayana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guayana Region
Bolívar State → partOf → Province of Guayana ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venezuelan Guayana
Captain General of Venezuela → appliesToTerritorialEntity → Province of Guayana ⓘ