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 | |||||||||
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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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