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[[Image:1562 Diego Gutierrez Amazonas.jpg|thumb|100px|right|New Andalusia and Paria on a Spanish map of [[1562]].]]

'''New Andalusia Province''' was a Spanish '''[[province]]''' in the 1500s. It was first colonized by Spaniards in 1569, led by explorer [[Diego Hernández de Serpa]]. It 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]]. For most of its existence, the [[Audiencia|Royal Audience]] of [[Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo|Santo Domingo]] oversaw its administrative and judicial matters. In the late 18th century, it was incorporated into the newly created [[Captaincy General of Venezuela]].