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'''New Andalusia Province''' or '''Province of Cumaná''' (1537 - –1864) was a province of the [[Spanish Empire]], and later of [[Gran Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]]. It included the territory of present-day Venezuelan states [[Sucre, Venezuela|Sucre]], [[Anzoátegui]] and [[Monagas]]. Its most important cities were the Capital City [[Cumaná]] and [[Barcelona, Venezuela|New Barcelona]].

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Its provincial capital, [[Cumaná]], was refounded in 1569 by explorer [[Diego Hernández de Serpa]]. The Province originally comprised what is now eastern [[Venezuela]], western [[Guyana]], and far northern [[Brazil]]. In the following centuries, its jurisdiction was reduced to [[Cumaná]] and [[Barcelona, Anzoátegui|Barcelona]] and was synonymous with Cumaná Province.

Early in its history, the conquistador [[Joan Orpí]] founded a new Province, of ''Nueva Cataluña'' (New Catalonia), also known as ''New Barcelona'' after its capital, [[Barcelona, Anzoátegui|Barcelona]], partly from territory belonging to New Andalusia. This lasted from 1637 to 1654, when it was incorporated into New Andalusia. [[Guayana Province]] (created 1585) provided a southern boundary, while [[Venezuela Province]] provided a western one.

Capital: Cumaná.

Following Venezuelan independence in 1830, it became a [[Province of Venezuela]], until the creation of the [[States of Venezuela]] in 1864. Between 1810 and 1840 it lost the Canton Piacoa (covering the [[Orinoco River]] delta) to [[Guayana Province]]; this later became the state of [[Delta Amacuro]].

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