United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
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The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Spanish: Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America (Spanish: Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica), was a name adopted in 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán for the region of South America that declared independence in 1816, with the Sovereign Congress taking place in 1813, during the Argentine War of Independence (1810–1818) that began with the May Revolution in 1810. It originally comprised rebellious territories of the former Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata dependencies and had Buenos Aires as its capital.
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United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (United Provinces of South America) Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata (Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica) | |||||||||||||||
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1810–1831 | |||||||||||||||
Anthem: National Anthem of Argentina | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||||||
Religion | Christianity | ||||||||||||||
Government |
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Head of State | |||||||||||||||
• 1810–1816 | Ferdinand VII of Spain (as King of Spain) | ||||||||||||||
• 1826–1827 | Bernardino Rivadavia (as President) | ||||||||||||||
• 1827 | Vicente López y Planes (as President) | ||||||||||||||
• 1829–1831 | Juan Manuel de Rosas (as Governor of Buenos Aires) | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||||||||
1806–1807 | |||||||||||||||
25 May 1810 | |||||||||||||||
9 July 1816 | |||||||||||||||
1 February 1820 | |||||||||||||||
8 February 1826 | |||||||||||||||
28 August 1828 | |||||||||||||||
4 January 1831 | |||||||||||||||
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The name "Provincias del Río de la Plata" (formally adopted during the Cortes of Cádiz to designate the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata)[1] alludes to the Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las Provincias del Río de la Plata [2] or Primera Junta. It is best known in Argentinean literature as Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata ("United Provinces of the River Plate" i.e. river of silver), this being the most common name (since 1811) in use for the country until the enactment of the 1826 Constitution. The Argentine National Anthem refers to the state as "the United Provinces of the South". The Constitution of Argentina recognises Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata as one of the official names of the country, referred to as "Argentine Nation" (Nación Argentina) in modern legislation.[3]