Chaco Province
The Province of Chaco is a province in northeastern Argentina. There were 1,129,606 as of 2022.[2] The province has an international border with Paraguay. The capital and largest city is Resistencia.
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-2.svg) Location of Chaco in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 27°27′05″S 58°59′12″W / 27.45139°S 58.98667°WCoordinates: 27°27′05″S 58°59′12″W / 27.45139°S 58.98667°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Capital and Largest City | Resistencia |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Leandro Zdero (UCR|Juntos por el Cambio) |
| • Deputies | 7 |
| • Senators | 3 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 99,633 km2 (38,469 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,129,606 |
| • Rank | 10th |
| • Density | 10.59/km2 (27.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-H |
| Website | www |
Half of the people who live here are below the poverty line.
Chaco is from the word chacú. It is a Quechua word used for hunting by the people of the Inca Empire.
Chaco Province Media
Dock on a southeastern wetland close to Paraná River
Köppen climate map of Chaco, Argentina
La Sabana and its new railway station in 1899
Territorial Governor's House
The Provincial Government House. Designed in 1955, political disputes delayed its completion until 1972.
Chaco population pyramid 2022
Tannin factory in Puerto Tirol.
References
- ↑ "República Argentina por provincia o jurisdicción". Censo 2010. INDEC. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ↑ INDEC. https://censo.gob.ar/index.php/datos_definitivos/.
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| Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquen | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán | |
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