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Provinces are then divided into departments (Spanish: departamentos, singular - departamento) except for the Buenos Aires Province, which is divided into partidos. GeographyThe country is usually divided in 6 different regions as seen in the adjacent table, though some separate the Pampas in Pampas' plains and Pampas' sierras.*Argentine Northwest: Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, La Rioja *Gran Chaco: Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero *Mesopotamia: Misiones, Entre Ríos, Corrientes *Cuyo: San Juan, Mendoza, San Luis *The Pampas: Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Buenos Aires *Patagonia: Rio Negro, Neuquén, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Argentine Antarctica*:* Claim in suspension by Antarctic Treaty 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 3 regions: the Pampas to the south, Gran Chaco to the northeast, and Argentine Northwest. The location of the provinces
DemographicsTable of provinces with Population, Area and Density, and the associated rankings (rnk) among the 23 provinces and the federal district of Buenos Aires city.{|cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=90% border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse"|- align=left bgcolor=#AABBFF | Province/District | Capital | Population (2001) | rnk | Area (km²) | rnk | Density (p/km²) | rnk | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buenos Aires | - | 2,776,138 | 4 | 203 | 24 | 13,675.6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Buenos Aires Province | La Plata | 13,827,203 | 1 | 307,571 | 1 | 44.95 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Catamarca Province | San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca | 334,568 | 20 | 102,602 | 11 | 3.26 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaco Province | Resistencia | 984,446 | 9 | 99,633 | 12 | 9.9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chubut Province | Rawson | 413,237 | 18 | 224,686 | 3 | 1.84 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Córdoba Province | Córdoba | 3,066,801 | 2 | 165,321 | 5 | 18.6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Corrientes Province | Corrientes | 930,991 | 11 | 88,199 | 16 | 10.6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Entre Ríos Province | Paraná | 1,158,147 | 7 | 78,781 | 17 | 14.7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Formosa Province | Formosa | 486,559 | 16 | 72,066 | 19 | 6.75 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jujuy Province | San Salvador de Jujuy | 611,888 | 14 | 53,219 | 20 | 11.5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| La Pampa Province | Santa Rosa | 299,294 | 21 | 143,440 | 8 | 2.0 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| La Rioja Province | La Rioja | 289,983 | 22 | 89,680 | 14 | 3.23 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mendoza Province | Mendoza | 1,579,651 | 5 | 148,827 | 7 | 10.61 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Misiones Province | Posadas | 965,522 | 10 | 29,801 | 21 | 32.4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Neuquén Province | Neuquén | 474.155 | 17 | 94,078 | 13 | 5.0 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Río Negro Province | Viedma | 552,822 | 15 | 203,013 | 4 | 2.72 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Salta Province | Salta | 1,079,051 | 8 | 155,488 | 6 | 6.94 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| San Juan Province | San Juan | 620,023 | 13 | 89,651 | 15 | 6.92 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| San Luis Province | San Luis | 367,933 | 19 | 76,748 | 18 | 4.8 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Cruz Province | Río Gallegos | 196,958 | 23 | 243,943 | 2 | 0.81 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Fe Province | Santa Fe | 3,000,701 | 3 | 133,007 | 10 | 22.56 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Santiago del Estero Province | Santiago del Estero | 804,457 | 12 | 136,351 | 9 | 5.9 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tierra del Fuego Province | Ushuaia | 101,079 | 24 | 21,2631 | 23 | 4.751 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tucumán Province | San Miguel de Tucumán | 1,338,523 | 6 | 22,524 | 22 | 59.42 | }note 1:without claims on Falkland/Malvinas Islands or Argentine Antarctica.PoliticsThe internal products of the provinces are merged into the national product, and then the national budget is decided, including what percentage of it is given to each province. Provinces are free to choose their own utilization of the assigned percentage of the national product.Each province has also its own government, with a governor, a senate and a deputy chamber. It is not uncommon though, for the national government to intervene 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[1] in San Luis Province, the Saadi[2] in Catamarca Province, and many others, often involved in corruption or criminal scandals that are never solved, such as the murder of María Soledad Morales[3] in Catamarca while Ramón Saadi was its governor. HistoryThe 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 to the port of Buenos Aires.Santiago del Estero, in the year 1553, was the first city founded in the territory with such ends, but lost its importance when Tucumán and Salta replaced it as mid-stops to the Atlantic coast 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, 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 in La Pampa Province, and Resistencia in Chaco Province. To the south of the Colorado River, the Patagonia reminded under control of the aboriginals. The river itself served as natural frontier. It was not until the infamous Roca's Conquest of the Desert, 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 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 where named provinces in 1957, except for Tierra del Fuego Province named in 1990. Due to the late conquest of the south of the country and the cold weather that reigns in it, most people live in the central or northern provinces, but recent immigration to the south, mainly from Buenos Aires Province and Buenos Aires city, is demising this difference. See also* ISO 3166-2:AR, the ISO codes for the provinces of Argentina.External links* Information of Argentine provinces* Provincias Argentinas * Division * Provinces' Flags and Governors since 1983
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