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Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 is subdivided into twenty-three province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
s (singular provincia) and one federal district
Federal district

Federal districts are a type of administrative division of a federation, under the direct control of the federal government.United States...
 (Capital de la República or Capital de la Nación, informally the Capital Federal).






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Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
 is subdivided into twenty-three province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
s (singular provincia) and one federal district
Federal district

Federal districts are a type of administrative division of a federation, under the direct control of the federal government.United States...
 (Capital de la República or Capital de la Nación, informally the Capital Federal). The federal district and the provinces have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system.

Provinces are then divided into departments
Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act....
 (singular departamento), except for Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province is the most populated Provinces of Argentina of Argentina. The city of Buenos Aires, located next to provincial territory, is an autonomous city and not part of the province....
, which is divided into partidos.

Regions

The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains and Pampas' sierras):
Region Provinces included
Argentine Northwest
Argentine Northwest

The Argentine Northwest is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Catamarca Province, Jujuy Province, La Rioja Province , Salta Province, Santiago del Estero Province and Tucum?n Province....
Jujuy
Jujuy Province

Jujuy is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta Province to the east and south....
, Salta
Salta Province

Salta is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa Province, Chaco Province, Santiago del Estero Province, Tucum?n Province and Catamarca Province....
, Tucumán
Tucumán Province

Tucum?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucum?n, often shortened to Tucum?n....
, Catamarca
Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
, La Rioja
La Rioja Province (Argentina)

La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, San Luis Province and San Juan Province, Argentina....
Gran Chaco
Gran Chaco

The Gran Chaco , is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland region, of the R?o de la Plata basin, divided between eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso....
Formosa
Formosa Province

Formosa Provinces of Argentina is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Its northeast end touches Asunci?n, Paraguay, and borders the provinces of Chaco Province and Salta Province to its south and west, respectively....
, Chaco
Chaco Province

Chaco is an Argentina province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia, Chaco on the Paran? River opposite the city of Corrientes....
, Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero Province

Santiago del Estero is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta Province, Chaco Province, Santa Fe Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Catamarca Province and Tucum?n Province....
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia, Argentina

La Mesopotamia, Regi?n Mesopot?mica or Litoral is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising the provinces of Misiones Province, Entre R?os Province and Corrientes Province....
Misiones
Misiones Province

Misiones is one of the Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia, Argentina region....
, Entre Ríos
Entre Ríos Province

Entre R?os is a northeastern provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia, Argentina region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires Province , Corrientes Province and Santa Fe Province , and Uruguay in the east....
, Corrientes
Corrientes Province

Corrientes is a Provinces of Argentina in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia, Argentina. Its name means "currents" or "rapids" in Spanish....
Cuyo San Juan
San Juan Province (Argentina)

San Juan is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja Province , San Luis Province and Mendoza Province....
, Mendoza
Mendoza Province

Mendoza is one of the Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo, Argentina region. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Juan Province, Argentina, San Luis Province, La Pampa,and Neuqu?n Province....
, San Luis
San Luis Province

San Luis is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja Province , C?rdoba Province , La Pampa, Mendoza Province and San Juan Province ....
The Pampas
Pampa

The Pampas are the fertile South American lowlands that include the Argentina provinces of Buenos Aires Province, La Pampa Province, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, and C?rdoba Province, Argentina, most of Uruguay, and the southernmost end of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, covering more than ....
Córdoba
Córdoba Province (Argentina)

C?rdoba is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Its capital, C?rdoba, Argentina, is the second largest city in the country....
, Santa Fe
Santa Fe Province

Santa Fe is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes Province, Entre R?os, Buenos Aires Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, and Santiago del Estero Province....
, La Pampa
La Pampa Province

La Pampa is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, R?o Negro Province, Neuqu?n Province and Mendoza Province....
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province is the most populated Provinces of Argentina of Argentina. The city of Buenos Aires, located next to provincial territory, is an autonomous city and not part of the province....
Patagonia
Patagonia

Patagonia is a geographic region containing the southernmost portion of South America. Located in Argentina and Chile, it comprises the Andes mountains to the west and south, and plateaux and low plains to the east....
Rio Negro
Río Negro Province

R?o Negro is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut Province, Neuqu?n Province, Mendoza Province, La Pampa and Buenos Aires Province....
, Neuquén
Neuquén Province

Neuqu?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west....
, Chubut
Chubut Province

Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd Circle of latitude South and 46th Parallel South , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean....
, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)

Santa Cruz is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut Province province to the north, and Chile to the west and south....
, Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)

Tierra del Fuego is an Argentina province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego ....


Even though there are provinces that belong to more than one region, they are shown here within the most representative region. In the Tucumán province, the smallest of Argentina, coexist three regions: the Pampas to the south, Gran Chaco
Gran Chaco

The Gran Chaco , is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland region, of the R?o de la Plata basin, divided between eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso....
 to the northeast, and Argentine Northwest
Argentine Northwest

The Argentine Northwest is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Catamarca Province, Jujuy Province, La Rioja Province , Salta Province, Santiago del Estero Province and Tucum?n Province....
.

Provinces


Demographics

Province/District Capital Population (2001) Rank Area (km²) Rank Density (/km²) Rank
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 
- 4 203 24 1
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province is the most populated Provinces of Argentina of Argentina. The city of Buenos Aires, located next to provincial territory, is an autonomous city and not part of the province....
La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
1 1 44.95 3
Catamarca Province
Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
San Fernando del V.
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca

San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca is a city in Argentine Northwest Argentina and capital of Catamarca Province, on the R?o Valle River, at the feet of the Cerro Ambato....
20 11 3.26 19
Chaco Province
Chaco Province

Chaco is an Argentina province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia, Chaco on the Paran? River opposite the city of Corrientes....
Resistencia
Resistencia, Chaco

The Resistance city, in Castilian: Resistencia, is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Chaco Province, located on a tributary of the Paran? River....
9 12 9.90 11
Chubut Province
Chubut Province

Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd Circle of latitude South and 46th Parallel South , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean....
Rawson
Rawson, Chubut

Rawson is the capital of the Argentina Provinces of Argentina of Chubut Province, in Patagonia. It has about 26.000 inhabitants, and it is the head town of the Rawson Department, Chubut, which has 122,000 inhabitants ....
18 3 1.84 23
Córdoba Province
Córdoba Province (Argentina)

C?rdoba is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Its capital, C?rdoba, Argentina, is the second largest city in the country....
Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina

C?rdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley on the Primero River, about northwest from Buenos Aires....
2 5 18.60 6
Corrientes Province
Corrientes Province

Corrientes is a Provinces of Argentina in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia, Argentina. Its name means "currents" or "rapids" in Spanish....
Corrientes
Corrientes

Corrientes is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Corrientes Province, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paran? River, about 1,000 km from Buenos Aires and 300 km from Posadas, Misiones, on National Route 12 ....
11 16 10.60 10
Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos Province

Entre R?os is a northeastern provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia, Argentina region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires Province , Corrientes Province and Santa Fe Province , and Uruguay in the east....
Paraná 7 17 14.70 7
Formosa Province
Formosa Province

Formosa Provinces of Argentina is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Its northeast end touches Asunci?n, Paraguay, and borders the provinces of Chaco Province and Salta Province to its south and west, respectively....
Formosa
Formosa, Argentina

Formosa is the capital city of the Argentina Provinces of Argentina of Formosa Province, on the banks of the Paraguay River, about from Buenos Aires, on National Route 11 ....
16 19 6.75 14
Jujuy Province
Jujuy Province

Jujuy is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta Province to the east and south....
San Salvador de Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy

San Salvador de Jujuy is the capital city of Jujuy Province in Argentine Northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Quebrada de Humahuaca where wooded hills meet the lowlands....
14 20 11.50 8
La Pampa Province
La Pampa Province

La Pampa is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, R?o Negro Province, Neuqu?n Province and Mendoza Province....
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, Argentina

Santa Rosa is a city in the Argentina Pampas, and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It lies on the east of the province, on the shore of the Don Tom?s Lagoon, at the intersection of National Routes National Route 5 and National Route 35 ....
21 8 2.00 22
La Rioja Province
La Rioja Province (Argentina)

La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, San Luis Province and San Juan Province, Argentina....
La Rioja
La Rioja, Argentina

La Rioja is the capital city of the Argentina Provinces of Argentina of La Rioja Province , located on the east of the province....
22 14 3.23 20
Mendoza Province
Mendoza Province

Mendoza is one of the Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo, Argentina region. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Juan Province, Argentina, San Luis Province, La Pampa,and Neuqu?n Province....
Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina

Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes....
5 7 10.61 9
Misiones Province
Misiones Province

Misiones is one of the Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia, Argentina region....
Posadas
Posadas, Misiones

Posadas is the capital city of the Argentina Provinces of Argentina of Misiones Province, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand shore of the Paran? River, opposite Encarnaci?n, Paraguay....
10 21 32.40 4
Neuquén Province
Neuquén Province

Neuqu?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west....
Neuquén
Neuquén

Neuqu?n is the name of the following things:* Neuqu?n, Argentina* Neuqu?n Province* Neuqu?n River* Neuqu?n Group...
17 13 5.00 16
Río Negro Province
Río Negro Province

R?o Negro is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut Province, Neuqu?n Province, Mendoza Province, La Pampa and Buenos Aires Province....
Viedma 15 4 2.72 21
Salta Province
Salta Province

Salta is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa Province, Chaco Province, Santiago del Estero Province, Tucum?n Province and Catamarca Province....
Salta
Salta

Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. With a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , it is Argentina's 8th largest city....
8 6 6.94 12
San Juan Province
San Juan Province (Argentina)

San Juan is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja Province , San Luis Province and Mendoza Province....
San Juan
San Juan, Argentina

San Juan is the capital city of the Argentina Provinces of Argentina of San Juan Province in the Cuyo region, located in the Tul?m Valley, west of the San Juan River , at above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the ....
13 15 6.92 13
San Luis Province
San Luis Province

San Luis is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja Province , C?rdoba Province , La Pampa, Mendoza Province and San Juan Province ....
San Luis
San Luis, Argentina

San Luis is the capital city of San Luis Province in the Cuyo, Argentina of Argentina. It sits beside the R?o Chorrillos river at the feet of the Sierras Grandes, 762 meters above sea level....
19 18 4.80 17
Santa Cruz Province
Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)

Santa Cruz is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut Province province to the north, and Chile to the west and south....
Río Gallegos 23 2 0.81 24
Santa Fe Province
Santa Fe Province

Santa Fe is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes Province, Entre R?os, Buenos Aires Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, and Santiago del Estero Province....
Santa Fe
Santa Fe, Argentina

File:Calle San Mart?n, Santa Fe, Argentina.jpgSanta Fe is the capital city of provinces of Argentina of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paran? River and Salado River, Argentina rivers....
3 10 22.56 5
Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero Province

Santiago del Estero is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta Province, Chaco Province, Santa Fe Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Catamarca Province and Tucum?n Province....
Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero

Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants and a surface of 2,116 km?....
12 9 5.90 15
Tierra del Fuego Province
Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)

Tierra del Fuego is an Argentina province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego ....
Ushuaia
Ushuaia

Ushuaia may refer to the following:*Ushuaia, a city in Argentina.**Ushuaia Department, an administrative division**Ushuaia River**Ushuaia International Airport...
24 23 18
Tucumán Province
Tucumán Province

Tucum?n is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucum?n, often shortened to Tucum?n....
San Miguel de Tucumán 6 22 59.42 2


Politics

See also List of Governors in Argentina
List of Governors in Argentina

Governors are the executive authorities of each Provinces of Argentina of Argentina. The autonomous city of Buenos Aires has a chief of government, informally mayor or intendente....


Each province has also its own government, with a governor, a senate and a deputy chamber. It is not uncommon for the national government to
intervene
Federal intervention

Federal intervention is an attribution of the government of Argentina of Argentina, by which it takes control of a provinces of Argentina in certain extreme cases....
in a province under internal instability or after a corruption scandal, designating an intervenor to replace the local government until the situation is normalized.

Many provinces have had, or still have, governments controlled by a single family. This is the case of the Rodríguez Saá
Rodríguez Saá

Rodr?guez Sa? is the lastname of a powerful family of the San Luis Province in Argentina, and it might refer to the following:*Adolfo Rodr?guez Sa? , former governor of the province....
 in San Luis Province
San Luis Province

San Luis is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja Province , C?rdoba Province , La Pampa, Mendoza Province and San Juan Province ....
 , the Saadi family in Catamarca Province
Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
, and many others. Provincial governments have been rocked by many criminal scandals that have never been resolved, including the murder of María Soledad Morales in Catamarca while Ramón Saadi
Ramón Saadi

Ram?n Eduardo Saadi is an Argentina Justicialist Party politician, currently a Argentine Senate for Catamarca Province and a former governor of that province....
 was its governor.

The internal products of the provinces are merged into the national product when the national budget is decided. The share of the budget given to each province is decided based on each province's individual contribution to the national budget. Provinces are free to choose their own utilization of their assigned percentages of the national product.

History

The north of Argentina was the first part of the present country to be explored by the Spanish colonisation, searching for the routes that would allow them to bring the gold and silver extracted in the Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of Peru

Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish Empire South America, governed from the capital of Lima....
 to the port of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
.

Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero

Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants and a surface of 2,116 km?....
, in the year 1550, was the first city founded in the territory with such ends, but lost its importance when Tucumán
Tucumán

San Miguel de Tucum?n is the largest city in northern Argentina, with a population of 525,853 per the . The metropolitan area totals 806,000, making it the fifth-largest in the country....
 and Salta
Salta

Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. With a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , it is Argentina's 8th largest city....
 replaced it as mid-stops to the Atlantic coast
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 when these two cities secured from the aboriginal attacks, and economically strengthened.

The centre of the country was also soon explored and inhabited, being the most important of the first founded cities the city of Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina

C?rdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley on the Primero River, about northwest from Buenos Aires....
, that became not only a political but also cultural centre with the creation of the first university, the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in 1622.

Most capital cities of the centre-northern Argentina were founded before the year 1600, except for Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, Argentina

Santa Rosa is a city in the Argentina Pampas, and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina. It lies on the east of the province, on the shore of the Don Tom?s Lagoon, at the intersection of National Routes National Route 5 and National Route 35 ....
 in La Pampa Province
La Pampa Province

La Pampa is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis Province, C?rdoba Province, Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, R?o Negro Province, Neuqu?n Province and Mendoza Province....
, and Resistencia
Resistencia, Chaco

The Resistance city, in Castilian: Resistencia, is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Chaco Province, located on a tributary of the Paran? River....
 in Chaco Province
Chaco Province

Chaco is an Argentina province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia, Chaco on the Paran? River opposite the city of Corrientes....
.

To the south of the Colorado River
Colorado River (Argentina)

The Colorado River is a river in the south of Argentina. It has its sources on the eastern slopes of the Andes in the latitude of the Chilean volcano Tinguiririca , and pursues a general east-southeast course to the Atlantic Ocean, where it discharges through several channels of a river delta of the Uni?n Bay extending from latitude 39?...
, the Patagonia
Patagonia

Patagonia is a geographic region containing the southernmost portion of South America. Located in Argentina and Chile, it comprises the Andes mountains to the west and south, and plateaux and low plains to the east....
 remained under control of the aboriginals. The river itself served as natural frontier.

It was not until the infamous Roca
Julio Argentino Roca

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904....
's Conquest of the Desert
Conquest of the Desert

The Conquest of the Desert was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s, which established Argentine dominance over Patagonia, which was inhabited by Indigenous peoples of the Americas#Argentina...
, started in 1879, when the southern part of Argentina was conquered in what meant the near annihilation of the aboriginal people living in these lands.

The current political division of the provinces of Patagonia was set in 1884 and has not been changed since then, except between 1944 and 1955 when a stripe covering the southern part of Chubut Province
Chubut Province

Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd Circle of latitude South and 46th Parallel South , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean....
 and the northern part of Santa Cruz Province was named
Comodoro Rivadavia Military Zone.

But the
National Territories didn't have provincial status until the 20th century. They were named provinces in 1957. The exception is Tierra del Fuego Province
Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)

Tierra del Fuego is an Argentina province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego ....
, which was named in 1990.

Due to the late conquest of the south of the country and the prevailing cold weather, most people live in the central or northern provinces. Recent immigration to the south, mainly from Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province is the most populated Provinces of Argentina of Argentina. The city of Buenos Aires, located next to provincial territory, is an autonomous city and not part of the province....
 and Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 city, is lessening this difference.

See also

  • ISO 3166-2:AR
    ISO 3166-2:AR

    ISO 3166-2:AR is the subset of codes defined in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standardization published by the International Organization for Standardization , for the names of the principal subdivisions of Argentina....
    , the ISO codes for the provinces of Argentina.
  • List of Argentine Provinces by Human Development Index
    List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index

    The following table presents a listing of Argentina?s Provinces of Argentina and its autonomous city, ranked in order of their Human Development Index....
  • List of Argentine provinces by GDP (nominal)
    List of Argentine provinces by GDP (nominal)

    This article includes a list of Provinces of Argentina sorted by their Gross Domestic Product , the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year....
  • List of Argentine provinces by GDP (nominal) per capita
    List of Argentine provinces by GDP (nominal) per capita

    This article includes a list of Provinces of Argentina sorted by their Gross Domestic Product per capita, the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, divided by the average population for the same year....


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