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Guayana Province
Former province of Spanish Colonial Venezuela and independent Venezuela / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guayana Province (1585−1864) was a former province of Spanish Colonial Venezuela and independent Venezuela, located in the Guyana region of northeastern South America.
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The province was part of the Spanish colonial New Andalusia Province and Captaincy General of Venezuela from 1585 to 1821, and of independent Venezuela from 1821 to 1864.