Formosa Province

Formosa Province is a province in northeastern Argentina. Its northeast end touches Asunción, Paraguay. The capital is Formosa.

Provincia de Formosa
Province
Province of Formosa
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Coordinates: 26°11′00″S 58°10′30″W
Country	Argentina
Capital	Formosa
Government
• Governor	Gildo Insfrán (PJ)
• Vice Governor	Eber Solís (PJ)
• Legislature	30
• National Deputies	5
• National Senators	María Teresa González (FDT) José Mayans (FDT) Luis Naidenoff (UCR)
Area
• Total	72,066 km2 (27,825 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	530,162
• Rank	17th
• Density	7.35662/km2 (19.05355/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 code	AR-P
HDI (2019)	0.820 Very High (24th)
Website	formosa.gob.ar

Formosa's protected areas are the Río Pilcomayo National Park and the Formosa National Reserve.

Formosa is one of the poorest provinces in Argentina.

Formosa Province Media

• Coronel Luís Jorge Fontana (1879).JPG

  Commander Luis Jorge Fontana, founder of the city of Formosa and the territory's foremost early promoter.

• Formosa Köppen.svg

  Köppen climate map of Formosa, Argentina

• Formosa 2022 population pyramid.svg

  Formosa 2022 population pyramid

• Formosa2.JPG

  Port of Formosa (Argentina) on rio Paraguay

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  Freight rail station in the city of Formosa

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  Aerial view of the city of Formosa, Argentina.

• Yacaré alligator on the Pilcomayo River