Argentina and its provinces, including its claim to the Malvinas (Falkland Islands).

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Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular provincia) and one federal district (Capital de la República or Capital de la Nación, informally the Capital Federal). For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. This article is about the political institutions and political parties of Argentina. The constitution of Argentina is one of the primary sources of exisiting law in Argentina. The government of Argentina, functioning within the framework of a Federal system, is a presidential representative democratic Republic. The President of Argentina (full title President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the Head of state Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (born February 19 1953) commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner, is an Argentine The office of Vice-President of Argentina did not exist until it was created by the 1853 Constitution. Julio César Cleto Cobos (born Mendoza Argentina, 30 April 1955) is an Argentine politician formerly of the Radical Civic Union The Congress of the Argentine Nation (Congreso de la Nación Argentina is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. The Argentine Senate is the upper house of parliament in Argentina. The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the National Congress, Argentina 's parliament This article lists political parties in Argentina. Argentina has a Multi-party system with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally The Justicialist Party ( Spanish: Partido Justicialista, PJ) is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component The Radical Civic Union (in Spanish Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a Political party in Argentina. This articles gives information on Voting, Elections and election results in Argentina. Argentina held national parliamentary elections on Sunday 23 October, 2005. Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on 28 October 2007. The Supreme Court of Argentina (in Spanish, Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación) is the highest Court of Law of the Argentine Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. This article deals with the diplomatic affairs, Foreign policy and International relations of Argentina. Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. Federal districts are a type of Administrative division of a country under the direct control of that country's federal government The federal district and the provinces have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system.

Provinces are then divided into departments (Spanish: departamentos, singular departamento), except for Buenos Aires Province, which is divided into partidos. Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina.

Regions

Main article: Geography of Argentina

The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains and Pampas' sierras):

Even though there are provinces that belong to more than one region, they are shown here within the most representative region. Geographical zones The country's provinces are divided in 6 zones regarding climate and terrain The Argentine Northeast ( Noroeste Argentino) is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country La Rioja is a one of the Provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country The Gran Chaco ( Quechua chaqu, "hunting land" dubbed by some as "the last South American frontier" is a sparsely populated hot and Formosa Province is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay. Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country La Mesopotamia, Región Mesopotámica or Litoral (" Littoral " is the humid and verdant area of north-east Argentina, comprising Entre Ríos is a province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region in the northeast of the country Corrientes, Spanish for "currents" or "rapids" is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. Cuyo is the name given to the wine-producing mountainous area of central-west Argentina. Mendoza is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region San Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32º South parallel Laguna de Gomezjpg|thumb|left|240px|Lake Gomez near Junín in the heart of the Pampas grain belt Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country La Pampa is a province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the centre of the country Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina. Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country at the northern end of Patagonia. Chubut ( Spanish: Provincia del Chubut Welsh: Talaith Chubut a Province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country in Patagonia. Tierra del Fuego (officially Provincia de Tierra del Fuego Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is an Argentine Province entirely separated from In the Tucumán province, the smallest of Argentina, coexist three regions: the Pampas to the south, Gran Chaco to the northeast, and Argentine Northwest. Laguna de Gomezjpg|thumb|left|240px|Lake Gomez near Junín in the heart of the Pampas grain belt The Gran Chaco ( Quechua chaqu, "hunting land" dubbed by some as "the last South American frontier" is a sparsely populated hot and The Argentine Northeast ( Noroeste Argentino) is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja,

Provinces

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Airesa Provincia de Buenos Aires Provincia de Catamarca Provincia del Chaco Provincia del Chubut Provincia de Córdoba Provincia de Corrientes Provincia de Entre Ríos Provincia de Formosa Provincia de Jujuy Provincia de La Pampa Provincia de La Rioja Provincia de Mendoza Provincia de Misiones Provincia del Neuquén Provincia de Río Negrob Provincia de Salta Provincia de San Juan Provincia de San Luis Provincia de Santa Cruz Provincia de Santa Fe Provincia de Santiago del Estero Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Surc Provincia de Tucumán a Federal district. 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 Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina. Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay. Chubut ( Spanish: Provincia del Chubut Welsh: Talaith Chubut a Province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country Corrientes, Spanish for "currents" or "rapids" is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. Entre Ríos is a province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region in the northeast of the country Formosa Province is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. La Pampa is a province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the centre of the country La Rioja is a one of the Provinces of Argentina and is located in the west of the country Mendoza is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country at the northern end of Patagonia. Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country San Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32º South parallel Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country in Patagonia. Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country Tierra del Fuego (officially Provincia de Tierra del Fuego Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is an Argentine Province entirely separated from Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country Also known as Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 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 b or Provincia del Río Negro. Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. c Tierra del Fuego, Antarctic claim, South Atlantic islands.

Administrative divisions of Argentina.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Argentina

^a San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca is a city in northwestern Argentina and capital of Catamarca Province, on the Río Valle River at the
^b Not including claims on the Malvinas (Falkland Islands) or Argentine Antarctica. Argentine bases Esperanza and Marambio are the biggest Argentine bases holding together 70 buildings an average of 110 persons during the winter and over

Politics

See also List of Governors in Argentina

Argentine provinces and territorial claims

The internal products of the provinces are merged into the national product, and then the national budget is decided, including what percentage of it is given to each province. Governors are the executive authorities of each province of Argentina. Provinces are free to choose their own utilization of the assigned percentage of the national product.

Each province has also its own government, with a governor, a senate and a deputy chamber. It is not uncommon though, for the national government to intervene in a province under internal instability or after a corruption scandal, designating an intervenor to replace the local government until the situation is normalized. Federal intervention (Intervención federal is an attribution of the federal government of Argentina, by which it takes control of a province in certain

Many provinces have had, or still have, governments controlled by a single family. This is the case of the Rodríguez Saá in San Luis Province,[1] the Saadi family in Catamarca Province,[2] and many others, often involved in corruption or criminal scandals that are never solved, such as the murder of María Soledad Morales in Catamarca while Ramón Saadi was its governor. Rodríguez Saá is the lastname of a powerful family of the San Luis Province in Argentina, and it might refer to the following Adolfo Rodríguez San Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32º South parallel Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country Ramón Eduardo Saadi (born 1949 is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician currently a senator for Catamarca Province and a former governor [3]

History

Main article: History of Argentina

The north of Argentina was the first part of the present country to be explored by the Spanish colonisation, searching for the routes that would allow them to bring the gold and silver extracted in the Viceroyalty of Peru to the port of Buenos Aires. This article is about the History of Argentina. See also History of South America, History of Latin America, History of the Americas, and The Spanish colonization of the Americas was Spain 's conquest settlement and rule over much of the Western hemisphere. Created in 1542 the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish-ruled 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

Santiago del Estero, in the year 1550, was the first city founded in the territory with such ends, but lost its importance when Tucumán and Salta replaced it as mid-stops to the Atlantic coast when these two cities secured from the aboriginal attacks, and economically strengthened. Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. San Miguel de Tucumán (usually referred to as simply Tucumán) is the largest City in northern Argentina, with a population of 525853 per the. For the village in Bangladesh see Salta Bangladesh. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta

The centre of the country was also soon explored and inhabited, being the most important of the first founded cities the city of Córdoba, that became not only a political but also cultural centre with the creation of the first university, the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in 1622. Córdoba, abbreviated as CBA, is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the

Most capital cities of the centre-northern Argentina were founded before the year 1600, except for Santa Rosa in La Pampa Province, and Resistencia in Chaco Province. Santa Rosa is a city in the Argentine Pampas, and the capital of La Pampa Province, Argentina. La Pampa is a province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the centre of the country The Resistance city in Castilian Resistencia, is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Chaco Province, located on a Tributary Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay.

To the south of the Colorado River, the Patagonia remained under control of the aboriginals. The Colorado River ( Río Colorado) is a river in the south of Argentina. Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina The river itself served as natural frontier.

It was not until the infamous Roca's Conquest of the Desert, started in 1879, when the southern part of Argentina was conquered in what meant the near annihilation of the aboriginal people living in these lands. Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz ( July 17, 1843 - October 19, 1914) was an army general who served as President of Argentina from The Conquest of the Desert (Conquista del desierto was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s which established Argentine dominance

The current political division of the provinces of Patagonia was set in 1884 and has not been changed since then, except between 1944 and 1955 when a stripe covering the southern part of Chubut Province and the northern part of Santa Cruz Province was named Comodoro Rivadavia Military Zone. Chubut ( Spanish: Provincia del Chubut Welsh: Talaith Chubut a Province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country in Patagonia.

But the National Territories didn't have provincial status until the 20th century. They were named provinces in 1957. The exception is Tierra del Fuego Province, which was named in 1990. Tierra del Fuego (officially Provincia de Tierra del Fuego Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is an Argentine Province entirely separated from

Due to the late conquest of the south of the country and the prevailing cold weather, most people live in the central or northern provinces. Recent immigration to the south, mainly from Buenos Aires Province and Buenos Aires city, is lessening this difference. Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina. 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

See also

• ISO 3166-2:AR, the ISO codes for the provinces of Argentina. ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina.
• List of Argentine Provinces by Human Development Index
• List of Argentine provinces by GDP (nominal)
• List of Argentine provinces by GDP (nominal) per capita

External links

• Argentine provinces
• (Spanish) Information of Argentine provinces
• (Spanish) Provincias Argentinas
• (Spanish) Division
• Provinces' Flags and Governors since 1983