Amazonas Province (Brazil)
Province of the Empire of Brazil
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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.
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 | |||||||||

In 1889 it became Amazonas (Brazilian state).