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