The
provinces of Argentina
Argentina has 23 provinces (, singular ) and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which serves as the federal capital, as determined by Congress.
The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions and exist under a federal system.
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are often grouped into eight geographical regions.
Regions
From West to East and North to South, these are:
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Pampas region:
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
,
Córdoba,
Santa Fe,
La Pampa and
Entre Ríos
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Argentine Northwest
The Argentine Northwest (, NOA) is a geographic and historical region of Argentina comprising the provinces of Catamarca Province, Catamarca, Jujuy Province, Jujuy, La Rioja Province, Argentina, La Rioja, Salta Province, Salta, Santiago del Estero ...
:
Jujuy,
Salta
Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Salta Province, the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the List of cities in Argentina, 7th most-populous ...
,
Tucumán,
Catamarca,
Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a sur ...
and
La Rioja
La Rioja () is an autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community and provinces of Spain, province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other List of municipalities in La Rioja, cities and towns in the ...
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Cuyo region:
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
,
Mendoza and
San Luis
*Argentine Northeast:
Misiones
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...
,
Corrientes,
Formosa
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and
Chaco
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Eastern Patagonia:
Río Negro,
Neuquén
Neuquén (; ) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers which form t ...
,
Chubut
Chubut may refer to:
* Chubut Province
Chubut ( from Tehuelche language, Tehuelche 'transparent'; ) is a provinces of Argentina, province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), ...
,
Santa Cruz and
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South America, South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
The archipelago consists of the main is ...
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Argentine Antarctica
Argentine Antarctica ( or ) is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory. It consists of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, delimited by the 25th meridian west, 25 ...
:
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South America, South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
The archipelago consists of the main is ...
And is sometimes considered as a region:
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Argentine Littoral:
Entre Ríos,
Misiones
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...
,
Corrientes,
Santa Fe,
Formosa
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The island of Taiwan, formerly known to Westerners as Formosa, has an area of and makes up 99% of the land under ROC control. It lies about across the Taiwan Strait f ...
and
Chaco
Nevertheless, there are different approaches to the Argentine regions. The Pampas are often separated into
Humid Pampa and
Dry Pampas, and sometimes in ''
Llanura Pampeana'' and ''
Sierras Pampeanas
The Sierras Pampeanas (also called Central Sierras or Pampas Sierras) (English: Pampas Mountains) is a geographical region of Argentina.
The Sierras Pampeanas are a chain of mountains that rise sharply from the surrounding pampa region of N ...
''. Other geographical analysis include other defined regions, being
Comahue
Comahue is a sub-region of Argentina slightly to the south of the country's centre that covers the northern part of Argentine Patagonia and includes the provinces of Argentina, provinces of Neuquén Province, Neuquén and Río Negro Province, Rí ...
and
Chaco Central among the most common.
Regardless of the regions system used, some provinces are shared by more than one region. For instance, Southwestern Santiago del Estero is sometimes considered part of the ''Sierras'' area, or even the ''Humid Pampa'', while the Southern part of La Pampa is sometimes called ''Dry Pampa'' and included in Patagonia. Finally, La Rioja is sometimes considered part of Cuyo region instead of the Northwest.
Finally, the portion of the
Antarctica
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claimed by Argentina is known as
Argentine Antarctica
Argentine Antarctica ( or ) is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory. It consists of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, delimited by the 25th meridian west, 25 ...
, in which lay a number of Argentine bases.
Extended regions
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Pampas region
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Humid Pampa
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Dry Pampa
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Argentine Northwest
The Argentine Northwest (, NOA) is a geographic and historical region of Argentina comprising the provinces of Catamarca Province, Catamarca, Jujuy Province, Jujuy, La Rioja Province, Argentina, La Rioja, Salta Province, Salta, Santiago del Estero ...
*
Cuyo region
*Argentine Northeast
*
Eastern Patagonia
**
Comahue
Comahue is a sub-region of Argentina slightly to the south of the country's centre that covers the northern part of Argentine Patagonia and includes the provinces of Argentina, provinces of Neuquén Province, Neuquén and Río Negro Province, Rí ...
*
Argentine Antarctica
Argentine Antarctica ( or ) is an area on Antarctica claimed by Argentina as part of its national territory. It consists of the Antarctic Peninsula and a triangular section extending to the South Pole, delimited by the 25th meridian west, 25 ...
(under
Antarctic Treaty
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The Antarctic comprises the continent of A ...
)
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Argentine Littoral
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Mesopotamia
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Nautral Regions
File:Ecoregion_NT0803.svg, Humid Pampas
File:Ecoregion_NT0801.png, Argentine Espinal
File:Ecoregion_NT1010.png, High Monte
File:Ecoregion_NT1001.svg, Central Andean dry puna
File:Ecoregion_NT1008.png, Southern Andean steppe
File:Ecoregion_NT0165.png, Southern Andean Yungas
File:Ecoregion_NT0210.svg, Dry Chaco
File:Ecoregion NT0708.png, Humid Chaco
The Humid Chaco ( Spanish: ''Chaco Húmedo'' or ''Chaco Oriental'') is a tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in South America. It lies in the basin of the Paraná River, covering portions of central Paraguay and northern Arge ...
File:Ecoregion_NT0802.png, Monte Desert
The Monte Desert is a South American desert, lying entirely within Argentina and covering approximately the submontane areas of Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza Provinces, plus the western half of La Pampa Province and the ext ...
File:Ecoregion NT0404.svg, Valdivian temperate forests
The Valdivian temperate forests (NT0404) is an ecoregion on the west coast of southern South America, in Chile and Argentina. It is part of the Neotropical realm. The forests are named after the city of Valdivia. The Valdivian temperate rainfores ...
File:Ecoregion NT0805.svg, Patagonian Desert
The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in Argentina and is the list of deserts by area, eighth-largest desert in the world by area, occupying approx. 673,000 square kilometres (260,000 mi2). It is l ...
File:Ecoregion NT0402.png, Magellanic subpolar forests
The Magellanic subpolar forests () are a terrestrial ecoregion of southernmost South America, covering parts of southern Chile and Argentina, and are part of the Neotropical realm. It is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion, and ...
File:Ecoregion NT0908.png, Paraná flooded savanna
File:Ecoregion NT0909.png, Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna
File:Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest.png, Alto Paraná Atlantic forests
See also
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Administrative divisions of Argentina
Administration may refer to:
Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
** Administrative assistant, traditionally known as a s ...
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Climatic regions of Argentina
General:
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Geography of Argentina
The geography of Argentina is heavily diverse, consisting of the Andes Mountains, pampas, and various rivers and lakes. Bordered by the Andes in the west and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, its neighbouring countries are Chile to the west, ...
Bibliography
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References
{{Latin America topic, List of regions of
Subdivisions of Argentina
Regions
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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 ...