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Formosa Province

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Formosa
Province
Coat of airms o Formosa
Coat airms
KintraArgentinae
CaipitalFormosa
Govrenment
 • GovrenorGildo Insfrán
 • Senators
Area
 • Total72066 km2 (27,825 sq mi)
Population
 (2010[1])
 • Total530,162
 • Rank17t
 • Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Formoseño
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 codeAR-P
Websiteformosa.gov.ar

Formosa Province (Spaingie pronunciation: [forˈmosa]) is a province in northeastren Argentinae, pairt o the Gran Chaco Region. Its northeast end touches Asunción, Paraguay, an borders the provinces o Chaco an Salta tae its sooth an wast, respectively. The caipital is Formosa.

It coincidentally is the antipode tae Taiwan, which wis umwhile kent as "Formosa" an aw.

Poleetical diveesion

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The province is dividit intae nine depairtments:

City of Formosa
Yacaré alligator on the Pilcomayo River.

Depairtment (Caipital)

Departament Ceety Heider Ither Municipalities
Bermejo Laguna Yema Los Chiriguanos, Pozo de Maza, Pozo del Mortero
Formosa Formosa Colonia Pastoril, Gran Guardia, San Hilario, Mariano Boedo, Mojón de Fierro, Villa del Carmen, Villa Trinidad
Laishi San Francisco de Laishi Banco Payaguá, General Lucio V. Mansilla, Herradura, Tatané, Villa Escolar
Matacos Ingeniero Juárez
Patiño Comandante Fontana Bartolomé de las Casas, Colonia Sarmiento, El Recreo, Estanislao del Campo, Fortín Leyes, Fortín Lugones, General Manuel Belgrano, Ibarreta, Juan G. Bazán, Las Lomitas, Posta Cambio Zalazar, Pozo del Tigre, San Martín, Subteniente Perín, Villa General Güemes
Pilagás El Espinillo Buena Vista, Misión Tacaaglé, Portón Negro, Tres Lagunas
Pilcomayo Clorinda Laguna Blanca, Laguna Naick Neck, Palma Sola, Puerto Pilcomayo, Riacho He-Hé, Riacho Negro, Siete Palmas
Pirané Pirané El Colorado, Mayor Vicente Villafañe, Palo Santo, Villa Dos Trece
Ramón Lista General Mosconi El Potrillo

References

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  1. "Censo 2010 Argentina resultados definitivos: mapas". 200.51.91.231. Archived frae the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

Freemit airtins

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