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Concepción Department, Misiones
Concepción is a department of the province of Misiones (Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...). References Departments of Misiones Province {{Misiones-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Argentina
Departments () form the second level of administrative division (below the Provinces of Argentina, provinces), and are subdivided in Municipalities of Argentina, municipalities. They are extended in all of Argentina except for the Buenos Aires Province, Province of Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements (respectively Partidos of Buenos Aires, ''partidos'' and Communes of Buenos Aires, ''comunas''). Except in La Rioja Province, Argentina, La Rioja, Mendoza Province, Mendoza, and San Juan Province, Argentina, San Juan Provinces, departments have no executive authorities or assemblies of their own. However, they serve as territorial constituencies for the election of members of the legislative bodies of most provinces. For example, in Santa Fe Province, each department returns one senator to the provincial senate. In Tucumán Province, on the other hand, where legislators are e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concepción De La Sierra
Concepción de la Sierra is a village and municipality in Misiones Province in north-eastern Argentina. The town sits on the original location of the , founded in 1619. The Jesuit heritage is still visible. The Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy (political entity), Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 19 ...
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Misiones Province
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the Provinces of Argentina, 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia, Argentina, Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest. This was an early area of Roman Catholic missionary activity by the Jesuits in what was then called the province of Paraguay, beginning in the early 17th century. In 1984, the ruins of four mission sites in Argentina were designated World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. History Indigenous peoples of various tribes lived in the area of the future province for thousands of years. At the time of European encounter, the area was occupied by the Kaingang and Xokleng people, Xokleng tribes, later followed by the Guarani people, Guarani tribe. The first European to visit the region, Sebastian Cabot (explorer), Sebastian Cabot, discovered Apipé Falls while navigat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
