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Corrientes Province
Northeastern province of Argentina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corrientes (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈrjentes], lit. ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; Guarani: Taragui), officially the Province of Corrientes (Spanish: Provincia de Corrientes; Guarani: Tetãvore Taragui) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (from the north, clockwise): Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.
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Corrientes
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Province of Corrientes Provincia de Corrientes (Spanish) Tetãvore Taragui (Guarani) | |
![]() The Iberá Wetlands | |
![]() Location of Corrientes within Argentina | |
Coordinates: 28.66°S 57.63°W / -28.66; -57.63 | |
Country | Argentina |
Capital | Corrientes |
Departments | 25 |
Municipalities | 67 |
Official languages | Spanish, Guaraní[1] |
Government | |
• Governor | Gustavo Valdés (UCR) |
• Vice Governor | Pedro Braillard Poccard (PPC) |
• Legislature | Senate (15) Chamber of Deputies of Corrientes (30) |
• Deputies | 7 |
• National Senators | Carlos Espínola (FDT) Mercedes Valenzuela (JXC) Eduardo Vischi (JXC) |
Area | |
• Total | 88,199 km2 (34,054 sq mi) |
Population (2022 census[2]) | |
• Total | 1,197,553 |
• Rank | 10th |
• Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Demonym | correntino |
GDP | |
• Total | US$ 13.0 billion |
• Per capita | US$ 11,500 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
ISO 3166 code | AR-W |
HDI (2021) | 0.839 very high (18th)[4] |
Website | www |
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