Argentina consists of twenty-three provinces as displayed on the map of Argentina below. The provinces are grouped together to form eight larger regions.
Jujuy Capital: San Salvador de Jujuy
Population: 611,888 Area: 20,548 sq. mi. Translation: Xuxuyoc, The Last Inca Governor
Catamarca Capital: San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca Population: 334,568 Area: 39,615 sq. mi. Translation: Slope Region, from the native Quechua and Small Town from the native Aymara
Tucuman Capital: San Miguel de Tucuman Population: 1,338,523 Area: 8,697 sq. mi. Translation: Probably The Place Where It Ends
Santiago del Estero Capital: Santiago del Estero Population: 804,457 Area: 52,645 sq. mi. Translation: Saint James of the Estuary, literally Santiago of the Matting
Chaco Capital: Resistencia Population: 984,446 Area: 38,469 sq. mi. Translation: Hunting Ground (from the Guarani Indian translation of chako)
La Rioja Capital: La Rioja Population: 289,983 Area: 34,626 sq. mi. Translation: Named from a region in Spain also named La Rioja
Entire Country Map of Argentina
San Juan Capital: San Juan Population: 34,614 Area: 34,626 sq. mi. Translation: Named for a region in Spain
Cordoba Capital: Cordoba Population: 3,066,801 Area: 63,831 sq. mi. Translation: Named after Cordoba, Spain by Jeronimo Luis de Cabrera for the homeland of his wife
Santa Fe Capital: Santa Fe Population: 3,000,701 Area: 51,354 sq. mi. Translation: Holy Faith
Corrientes Capital: Corrientes Population: 930,991 Area: 34,054 sq. mi. Translation: Currents for the seven branches of the Parana River Delta
Map of Argentina Provinces
Misiones Capital: Posadas Population: 965,522 Area: 11,506 sq. mi. Translation: Missions for the time that natives received visits by Jesuit missionaries
Mendoza Capital: Mendoza Population: 1,579,651 Area: 57,462 sq. mi. Translation: Named after Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, an early governor of Chile, and explorer Pedro de Mendoza
San Luis Capital: San Luis Population: 367,933 Area: 29,633 sq. mi. Translation: Probably named after a region in Spain of the same name
Entre Rios Capital: Parana Population: 1,158,147 Area: 30,418 sq. mi. Translation: Between Rivers, named by the explorer Tomas de Rocamora for the Parana and Uruguay Rivers on either side. Entre Rios is where they merge to form the Rio de la Plata estuary.
Map of Argentina - Special Interests
Neuquen Capital: Neuquen Population: 474,155 Area: 36,324 sq. mi. Translation: Drafty from the Mapuche people who inhabited the area and used the term to describe the river of the same name
La Pampa Capital: Santa Rosa Population: 299,294 Area: 55,382 sq. mi. Translation: The Prairie
Cuidad de Buenos Aires
(not considered a province, but an autonomous city) Capital: Buenos Aires Population: 2,776,138 Area: 78 sq. mi. Translation: The City Of Fair Winds
Buenos Aires Capital: La Plata Population: 13,827,203 Area: 118,754 sq. mi. Translation: Fair Winds
Map of Argentina - Buenos Aires & Other Cities
Rio Negro Capital: Viedma Population: 552,822 Area: 78,384 sq. mi. Translation: Black River
Chubut Capital: Rawson Population: 413,237 Area: 86,752 sq. mi. Translation: Transparent, from the native Tehuelche word chupat, to describe the look of the Chubut River
Santa Cruz Capital: Rio Gallegos Population: 196,958 Area: 94,187 sq. mi. Translation: Holy Cross, named for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a Catholic observance. Magellan arrived in Santa Cruz on this day in 1520.
Tierra del Fuego Capital: Ushuaia Population: 101,079 Area: 8,329 sq. mi. Translation: Land of Fire, named for the fires Magellan saw as he sailed through the area
Map of Argentina - Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego
Population Figures Contained In MAP OF ARGENTINA AND THE PROVINCES Based On 2001 Census
Map courtesy of Commons.Wikimedia.org taken from es:Imagen:Mapa político de Argentina.png, previously taken from the Enciclopedia Libre de Español, created by Online Map Creation, Martin Weinelt (GMT)
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below. The provinces are grouped together to form eight larger regions. 
