Apure Department

Apure Department Departamento del Apure
Department
Coordinates: 8°38′N 70°12′W
Country	Gran Colombia
District	Distrito del Norte
Created	1824
Dissolved	1830
Capital	Barinas
Population  (1820)
• Total	480,000

Apure Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia. It was split from the Venezuela Department.

It encompassed 2 provinces - Barinas Province in the north and Achaguas Province in the south.