The Delta Federal Territory, later Delta Amacuro,[2] is the name by which the current Delta Amacuro State of Venezuela was known until 1991.
History
The origins of the Delta Amacuro Federal Territory date back to the Piacoa canton [es] of the Guayana Province, which covered an area similar to the current state; The Orinoco Delta was segregated from Guyana State on 27 April 1884, and a territory called Delta Federal Territory was formed with capital in the city of Pedernales; the capital was transferred to Tucupita (founded in 1848) on 14 November 1887;[3][4] the limits for the federal territory were the following:[2]
To the north and east, the Gulf of Paria and the Atlantic Ocean; to the west the dividing line between what were the State of Guayana and
Maturín; to the south the Yuruary Territory, and to the southeast English Guiana.
On 21 October 1893, General Manuel Guzmán Álvarez decreed the elimination of the "Delta Federal Territory", incorporating its area into the Bolívar State. On 26 April 1901, General Cipriano Castro, provisional president of the United States of Venezuela, decreed the recreation of the territory with the name "Delta Amacuro Federal Territory" and designated San José de Amacuro as its capital. Four years later, on 16 May 1905, the capital was moved to Tucupita.[4]
^ ab"El Territorio Federal Delta"(PDF) (in Spanish). Academia Nacional de Ciencias Económicas de Venezuela. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2024.