| Corrientes | |||
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| Divisions | 25 departments | ||
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| Capital | Corrientes | ||
| Area | 88,199 km² (34,054 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 930,991 (2001) | ||
| Density | 10. Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. Foto-0065jpg|thumb|216px|The Belgrano Bridge]]Plaza 25 de mayo Corrientes Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 6 /km² (27 /sq mi) | ||
| Governor | Arturo Colombi | ||
| - Senators | Isabel Viudes, Dora Sánchez, Roberto Ríos | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | AR-W | ||
| Demonym | correntino | ||
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| Website: http://www.corrientes.gov.ar | |||
Corrientes, Spanish for "currents" or "rapids," is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Arturo Colombi (born 1958 is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR politician current governor of Corrientes Province. Isabel Josefa Viudes de Damonte (b 11 May 1944 Corrientes) is an Argentine politician María Dora "Anahí" Sánchez is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR politician (Roberto Fabián Ríos (b 8 February 1964, Corrientes) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. La Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica or Litoral (" Littoral " is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising 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. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Entre Ríos is a province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region in the northeast of the country Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay.
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History
Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, the Guaraní lived in a big area that also covered most of the current province of Corrientes. Guaraní are a group of culturally related indigenous peoples of South America, distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guaraní language The city of Corrientes was founded on April 3, 1588 by Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón as a mid-stop between Asunción and Buenos Aires; the city flourished thanks to the traffic from the route. Asunción (full name Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción) population 1212112 (2002 is the Capital and largest city of Paraguay. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Jesuits erected missions in the north of the province, where they dedicated themselves to the expansion of the faith. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes.
In the wars of independence from Spain, Corrientes joined Artigas' Liga de los Pueblos Libres (1814–1820). Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. José Gervasio Artigas Aznar ( June 19 1764 - September 23 1850) was a national hero of Uruguay and is sometimes called "the father The attack of Paraguayan forces on the province in 1865 marked the start of the War of the Triple Alliance. The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, and the Great War in Paraguay itself was fought from 1864 to 1870 and caused more deaths than any
In 1819 the Universidad Nacional del Litoral was founded, which in 1956 became the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. The National University of the Littoral (in Spanish Universidad Nacional del Litoral, UNL is a University in Argentina.
Corrientes is legendary in the world of philately for the postage stamps it issued from 1856 to 1880. Philately is the study and collecting of revenue and postage stamps These are among the very early or "classic" postage stamps of the world (the first, from Great Britain, were issued in 1840; those by the United States in 1847). The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive Postage stamp of a public postal system was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the United States of America (USA. The Corrientes stamps were close copies of the first issue of stamps from France, which depicted the profile head of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, and were individually crudely engraved by hand, so that each die is noticeably different, and were printed in small sheets. The Ceres series was the first Postage stamp series of France, issued in 1849 as a representation of the French Republic. The first issues, from 1856 to 1860, bore the denomination in the lower panel; in 1860, the value panel was erased; the different denominations thereafter being indicated by the color of the paper used. As locally produced "primitives", the early Corrientes stamps have long been prized by collectors. After 1880, stamps of Argentina were used. Argentine postage stamps per sé were first issued in 1862 by the National Postal Service a federal entity that dates from 1854 following the establishment of the Republic [1]
Culture
Culture in Corrientes has been primarily informed and influenced by its European roots,a example of this chamamé music and dance. Chamamé is a Folk music genre from the Argentine Northeast Mesopotamia (" Litoral " and in the south of Brazil.
Famous correntinos were independence hero General José de San Martín (born in 1778 in Yapeyú), and Juan Bautista Cabral (born in Saladas), who (according to popular legend) gave his life for the General in the Battle of San Lorenzo. José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, also known as José de San Martín ( 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850) was an Argentine Juan Bautista Cabral (ca 1789 &ndash 3 February 1813) was an Argentine Soldier of the Granaderos a Caballo Regiment The Battle of San Lorenzo was a military engagement of the Argentine War of Independence, between realistas (royalists loyal to the Spanish Crown) led
Tourist destinations in the Corrientes Province include the Iberá Wetlands and the Mburucuyá National Park. The Iberá Wetlands (in Spanish Esteros del Iberá, from Guaraní ý berá "bright water" are the second-largest Wetlands Mburucuyá National Park is a National park in Argentina. It is located in the north west of the Corrientes Province around 150 km from the city of
On 28 September 2004, provincial Law No. 5598 declared Guaraní to be an official language of Corrientes, alongside Spanish. Guaraní /gwaraˈni/ (local name avañe'ẽ) is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí-Guaraní subfamily of the An official language is a Language that is given a special legal status in a particular Country, State, or other territory
Geography and climate
As part of the subtropical area of Mesopotamia, the province has heavy rains and high temperatures with little daily and seasonal variation specially in the North, and no dry season. The subtropics are the zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropic zone which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of La Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica or Litoral (" Littoral " is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising A season is one of the major divisions of the Year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in Weather. The Southern part of the province presents some signs of the neighbouring more temperate weather of the Pampas. Laguna de Gomezjpg|thumb|left|240px|Lake Gomez near Junín in the heart of the Pampas grain belt
Corrientes is surrounded by two rivers, the Uruguay River to the east, and the Paraná River to the northwest, that contour the shape of the province. The Uruguay River (in Spanish, Río Uruguay, uɾuˈɣwaj in Portuguese, Rio Uruguai,) is a River in South This article is about the second-longest river in South America For the shorter river in Goiás, central Brazil see Paranã River The Paraná River The low shore of the Paraná produces frequent floodings. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge After the specially destructive one in 1982, a protective system has been started with the construction of barriers.
The province is for the most part a plain, with the highest points in the east. In Geography, a plain is an area of land with relatively low relief — meaning that it is flat To the west, a series of descending platforms go down to the Paraná River. The Iberá Wetlands, an area of lagoons and swamps, is a vast depression from volcanic flow, covered later with fluvial and eolic sediments. The Iberá Wetlands (in Spanish Esteros del Iberá, from Guaraní ý berá "bright water" are the second-largest Wetlands A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt or Brackish water separated from the deeper Sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral A swamp is a Wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water Depression in Geology is a Landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Fluvial is used in Geography and Earth science to refer to the deposits and landforms created by the action of rivers or streams and the processes associated with Wind Power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form such as electricity using Wind turbines At the end of 2007 worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was
Economy
Agriculture is one of the main activities in the province, centred in citrus, tobacco, rice, yerba mate, tea and cotton. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market Cotton is a soft staple Fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant ( Gossypium sp The timber industry uses 1,400 km² of pine and eucalyptus forests. Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or This article is about the tree For other uses of the term "pine" see Pine (disambiguation. Eucalyptus (From Greek ευκάλυπτος meaning "well covered" is a diverse Genus of Trees (and a few shrubs the members of which
Bovine cattle has problems standing the heat and the low quality of the grass specially in the north of the province. The biological Subfamily bovines includes a diverse group of 10 species of medium to large sized Ungulates including domestic Cattle, Bison, Water For that reason, the Brangus breed is the most common in the area. A Brangus is a hardy and popular Breed of Beef Cattle, a cross between an Angus and a Brahman. In the south, different breeds can be found. 70,000 km² of the province's land are used for more than 4 million heads of cattle.
Of the province net production, tobacco represents 45% of the gross income, food and derivates 30% and textiles 16%. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn.
On the Paraná River, near the city of Ituzaingó, the Yaciretá dam provides energy not only to the province, but to both Argentina and Paraguay. Ituzaingó is a city in Corrientes Province, Argentina The Yacyretá Dam is nearby The Hydroelectric Power Station Jasyretâ-Apipé (from Guaraní language jasy retâ that means “country of the Moon ” is the Hydroelectric central built over the waterfalls Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only
Tourism is becoming to grow in Corrientes Province due to the relavance that Esteros del Ibera are having with all nature, conservation and birdwatching travelers. The Iberá Wetlands (in Spanish Esteros del Iberá, from Guaraní ý berá "bright water" are the second-largest Wetlands
Political division
The province is divided into 25 departments (departamentos):
Department (Capital)
- Bella Vista Department (Bella Vista)
- Berón de Astrada Department (Berón de Astrada)
- Capital Department (Corrientes)
- Concepción Department (Concepción)
- Curuzú Cuatía Department (Curuzú Cuatiá)
- Empedrado Department (Empedrado)
- Esquina Department (Esquina)
- General Alvear Department (Alvear)
- General Paz Department (Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Caá Catí)
- Goya Department (Goya)
- Itatí Department (Itatí)
- Ituzaingó Department (Ituzaingó)
- Lavalle Department (Lavalle)
- Mburucuyá Department (Mburucuyá)
- Mercedes Department (Mercedes)
- Monte Caseros Department (Monte Caseros)
- Paso de los Libres Department (Paso de los Libres)
- Saladas Department (Saladas)
- San Cosme Department (San Cosme)
- San Luis del Palmar Department (San Luis del Palmar)
- San Martín Department (La Cruz)
- San Miguel Department (San Miguel)
- San Roque Department (San Roque)
- Santo Tomé Department (Santo Tomé)
- Sauce Department (Sauce)
External links
- (Spanish) Official site
- (Spanish) History
- Esteros del Iberá (in English and Spanish)
- (Spanish) Corrientes Info
- Pictures of Corrientes
References
- ^ Louis Stich, Corrientes: the Issues from 1856-80, The Collectors Club, New York, 1957. Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. Bella Vista Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Bella Vista is a city in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the capital of the Bella Vista Department. Berón de Astrada Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Berón de Astrada is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. Capital Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Foto-0065jpg|thumb|216px|The Belgrano Bridge]]Plaza 25 de mayo Corrientes Concepción Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. for other uses see Concepción Concepción (also known as Yaguareté Corá in Guaraní) is a town in Corrientes Curuzú Cuatiá Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Curuzú Cuatiá is a city in the south of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. Empedrado Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Empedrado may refer to Empedrado Chile Empedrado Corrientes Empedrado Department Esquina Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Esquina is a city in Corrientes Province, Argentina It is the capital of the Esquina Department. General Alvear Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. For other places of the same name see Alvear. Alvear is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. General Paz Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Caá Catí or Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Caá Catí is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. Goya Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Goya is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. Itatí Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Itatí is a town in the north of the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Ituzaingó Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Ituzaingó is a city in Corrientes Province, Argentina The Yacyretá Dam is nearby Lavalle Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Lavalle is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the capital of Lavalle Department. Mburucuyá Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Mburucuyá is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the capital of Mburucuyá Department. Mercedes Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Mercedes is a city in the center of the. It is a first-class Municipality with a population of about 35000 inhabitants ( and the head town of the department of the same Monte Caseros Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Monte Caseros is a city in the south-east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. Paso de los Libres Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Paso de los Libres is a city in the east of the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. Saladas Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Saladas is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Saladas Department. San Cosme Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. San Cosme is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the capital of San Cosme Department. San Luis del Palmar Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. San Luis del Palmar is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. San Martín Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. La Cruz is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the capital of San Martín Department Corrientes. San Miguel Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. San Miguel is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the San Miguel Department. San Roque Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. San Roque is a city in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the San Roque Department. Santo Tomé Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Santo Tomé is a city in the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. Sauce Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina. Sauce is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the capital of Sauce Department.
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