Amazonas Province (Brazil)
Amazonas Province | ||||||||||
Provínicia do Amazonas | ||||||||||
Province | ||||||||||
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Capital | Manaus | |||||||||
Languages | Portuguese | |||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | |||||||||
Government | Constitutional monarchy | |||||||||
Provincial President | ||||||||||
• | 1852-1853 | João Batista Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha (office created) | ||||||||
• | 1889 | Manuel Francisco Machado (last) | ||||||||
Historical era | 19th century | |||||||||
• | Established | 1850 | ||||||||
• | Disestablished | 1889 | ||||||||
Currency | Real | |||||||||
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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).
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