Corrientes Province

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Corrientes

Taragüí (Guaraní)
Banner o Corrientes
Banner
Coat of airms o Corrientes
Coat airms
Location o Corrientes athin Argentinae
Location o Corrientes athin Argentinae
Coordinates: 28°40′S 57°38′W / 28.66°S 57.63°W / -28.66; -57.63
KintraArgentinae
CaipitalCorrientes
Departments25
Municipalities67
Govrenment
 • GovrenorGustavo Valdés (UCR)
 • Deputies7
 • Senators3
Area
 • Total88199 km2 (34,054 sq mi)
Population
 (2010[1])
 • Total992,595
 • Rank11th
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Demonym(s)correntino
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 codeAR-W
Websitewww.corrientes.gov.ar

Corrientes (Spaingie pronunciation: [koˈrjentes], Currents or Streams; Guarani: Taragui Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentinae, in the Mesopotamie region. It is surroondit bi (frae the North, clockwise): Paraguay, the province o Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, an the provinces o Entre Rios, Santa Fe an Chaco.

Poleetical diveesion[eedit | eedit soorce]

Govrenor's offices.

The province is dividit intae 25 depairtments (departamentos):

Depairtment (Caipital)

  1. Bella Vista Depairtment (Bella Vista)
  2. Berón de Astrada Depairtment (Berón de Astrada)
  3. Capital Depairtment (Corrientes)
  4. Concepción Depairtment (Concepción)
  5. Curuzú Cuatía Depairtment (Curuzú Cuatiá)
  6. Empedrado Depairtment (Empedrado)
  7. Esquina Depairtment (Esquina)
  8. General Alvear Depairtment (Alvear)
  9. General Paz Depairtment (Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Caá Catí)
  10. Goya Depairtment (Goya)
  11. Itatí Depairtment (Itatí)
  12. Ituzaingó Depairtment (Ituzaingó)
  13. Lavalle Depairtment (Lavalle)
  14. Mburucuyá Depairtment (Mburucuyá)
  15. Mercedes Depairtment (Mercedes)
  16. Monte Caseros Depairtment (Monte Caseros)
  17. Paso de los Libres Depairtment (Paso de los Libres)
  18. Saladas Depairtment (Saladas)
  19. San Cosme Depairtment (San Cosme)
  20. San Luis del Palmar Depairtment (San Luis del Palmar)
  21. San Martín Depairtment (La Cruz)
  22. San Miguel Depairtment (San Miguel)
  23. San Roque Depairtment (San Roque)
  24. Santo Tomé Depairtment (Santo Tomé)
  25. Sauce Depairtment (Sauce)

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