Venezuela Province

Province of Caracas
Provincia de Caracas (Spanish)
1527–1864
Provincia de Venezuela y las Guayanas
Provincia de Venezuela y las Guayanas
StatusProvince of the Spanish Empire
CapitalSanta Ana de Coro
- (1527 - 1546)
El Tocuyo
- (1546 - 1577)
Caracas
- (from 1577)
Common languagesSpanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Lutheran Protestant envoys sent on behalf of the Welser family (1528-1546)
GovernmentMonarchy (before 1811)
Republic (after 1811)
King (before 1811)
President (after 1811)
 
Historical eraSpanish colonization
• Royal decree
1527
• Concession to the Welser family (Klein-Venedig)
1528
• Concession revoked, end of Klein-Venedig
1546
1717
1777
• Dissolved after Federal War
1864
CurrencySpanish colonial real
ISO 3166 codeVE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
New Spain
Viceroyalty of New Granada
Captaincy General of Venezuela
Klein-Venedig
Venezuela
Today part ofVenezuela

The Venezuela Province (or Province of Caracas) was a province of the Spanish Empire (from 1527), of Gran Colombia (1824–1830) and later of Venezuela (from 1830), apart from an interlude (1528–1546) when it was contracted as a concession by the King of Spain to the German Welser banking family, as Klein-Venedig.