Amazonas Province (Brazil)
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Amazonas Province Provínicia do Amazonas | |||||||||
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1850–1889 | |||||||||
Status | Province | ||||||||
Capital | Manaus | ||||||||
Common languages | Portuguese | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
Provincial President | |||||||||
• 1852–1853 | João Batista Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha (office created) | ||||||||
• 1889 | Manuel Francisco Machado (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1850 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1889 | ||||||||
Currency | Real | ||||||||
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Today part of |
Amazonas Province was one of the provinces of the Empire of Brazil. It was created in 1850 from territory of Grão-Pará Province.
In 1889 it became Amazonas (Brazilian state).