 The new intendancy ("superintendencia de ejército y real hacienda") covered the provinces of Venezuela (Caracas), Cumaná (sometimes New Andalusia), Guayana, Maracaibo, Trinidad and Margarita.Up to this point Maracaibo, Guayana and Trinidad's governance had been directly supervised by the Bogotá Audiencia; the other three provinces by the one in Santo Domingo.The following year a joint governorship-captaincy general with powers over military and administrative matters was established for the same provinces.