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[[File:Mapa de Venezuela 1635.jpg|thumb|A 1635 map of [[Venezuela Province]] and the western part of New Andalusia.]]
[[Image:1562 Diego Gutierrez Amazonas.jpg|thumb|100px|right|New Andalusia and Paria on a Spanish map of [[1562]].]]
'''New Andalusia Province''' (or '''Province of Cumaná''') was a Spanish '''[[province]]''' created in 1537. Its provincial capital, [[Cumaná]], was refounded in 1569 by explorer [[Diego Hernández de Serpa]]. The Province 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 [[Juan
For most of its existence, the [[Royal Audience of Santo Domingo]] oversaw its administrative and judicial matters. In the late 18th century, it was incorporated into the newly created [[Captaincy General of Venezuela]].
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