| Native Name: | Territorio Federal Amazonas |
| Conventional Long Name: | Amazonas Federal Territory |
| Common Name: | Amazonas |
| Status Text: | Federal Territory of Venezuela |
| Government Type: | Federal Territory of Venezuela |
| Year Start: | 1864 |
| Year End: | 1992 |
| Event End: | Statehood |
| Date End: | 23 July |
| Image Map Caption: | Location of the Amazonas Federal Territory (red) in Venezuela. |
| P1: | Amazonas Province (Venezuela)Amazonas Province |
| S1: | Amazonas (Venezuelan state)Amazonas State |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Amazonas Indigenous State.svg |
| Stat Year1: | 1881[1] |
| Stat Area1: | 350000 |
| Stat Pop1: | 45200 |
The Amazonas Federal Territory is the name by which the current Amazonas State of Venezuela was known until 1992.[2]
The origins of the Amazon Federal Territory date back to the Río Negro canton of the Guayana Province, which covered an area similar to the current state and part of the Colombian departments of Vichada and Guainía, and with capital in San Fernando de Atabapo.[3]
In 1856, it was decided to elevate this canton into a province separate from that of Guayana with the name of . When the Federal Revolution came to power under the command of Juan Crisóstomo Falcón in 1864, the name was changed to Amazonas Federal Territory made up of the departments of San Fernando de Atabapo, San Carlos and Maroa.[3]
The political-administrative changes promoted by Antonio Guzmán Blanco, meant that from 1881 to 1893 said territory was divided into two; the Amazonas Federal Territory with capital in Maroa, and the retaining San Fernando de Atabapo as capital. In 1893, the name "Amazon Federal Territory" was resumed with capital again in San Fernando de Atabapo until 1928, when it was decided to move the capital to Puerto Ayacucho to make it more accessible to the rest of Venezuela. On 23 July 1992, the Congress of the Republic, currently the National Assembly, elevated the category of Federal Territory to state.[3]
The Amazonas Federal Territory was divided into departments for its administration; towards the end of the territory's existence these were:[4]