Map Of Argentina And The Provinces

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

Salta
Capital: Salta
Population: 1,079,051
Area: 60,034 sq. mi.
Translation: It Jumps

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)

Formosa
Capital: Formosa
Population: 486,559
Area: 27,825 sq. mi.
Translation: Beautiful (from Portugese)

La Rioja
Capital: La Rioja
Population: 289,983
Area: 34,626 sq. mi.
Translation: Named from a region in Spain also named La Rioja

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

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.

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

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

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Map Of Argentina Provinces

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