Corrientes
Taragui (Guarani) | |
|---|---|
| Province of Corrientes Provincia de Corrientes (Spanish) Taragui Tetãmini (Guarani) | |
 The Iberá Wetlands | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
-2.svg) Location of Corrientes within Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 28°40′S 57°38′W / 28.66°S 57.63°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Capital | Corrientes |
| Departments | 25 |
| Municipalities | 67 |
| Official languages | Spanish, Guaraní[1] |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Gustavo Valdés (UCR) |
| • Vice Governor | Pedro Braillard Poccard (PPC) |
| • Legislature | Senate (15) Chamber of Deputies of Corrientes (30) |
| • Deputies | 7 |
| • National Senators | Carlos Espínola (FDT) Mercedes Valenzuela (JXC) Eduardo Vischi (JXC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 88,199 km2 (34,054 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census[2]) | |
• Total | 1,197,553 |
| • Rank | 10th |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Correntine correntino (Spanish) taraguigua (Guarani) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | US$ 13.0 billion |
| • Per capita | US$ 11,500 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-W |
| HDI (2021) | 0.839 very high (18th)[4] |
| Website | www |
Corrientes (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈrjentes], lit. ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; Guarani: Taragui), officially the Province of Corrientes (Spanish: Provincia de Corrientes; Guarani: Taragui Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. 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.
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