Corrientes Province
Corrientes
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Province of Corrientes | |
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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: Tetãvore Taragui) 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.
History
Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, the
In 1919 the National University of the Littoral was founded, which in 1956 became the National University of the Northeast.
Corrientes is legendary in the world of philately for the postage stamps it issued from 1856 to 1880. 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 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 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.[5]
For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, politics in Corrientes were dominated by the Romero Feris family, prominent local landowners who still control most of the province's tobacco output. During most of this time, the Romero Ferises created one of Argentina's most bloated government payrolls (over 10% of total employment) and suppressed dissent and efforts at even modest land reform. Following contentious election results in 1991, however, public protest forced President Carlos Menem to remove Governor Raúl "Tato" Romero Feris from office and, though he was elected mayor of the province's capital in 1997, Romero Feris was ultimately indicted for embezzlement of public funds in 1999. He was sentenced to seven years in prison in May, 2002.[6]
Corrientes had a significant impact in national politics in subsequent years. A
The northeastern tip of Corrientes Province was chosen as the site for
Culture
Culture in Corrientes has been primarily informed and influenced by its European and Guarani roots; an example of this is the chamamé genre of music.
Famous correntinos were independence hero General Don José de San Martín (born in 1778 in Yapeyú) and Juan Bautista Cabral (born in Saladas), who (according to popular legend) died for the general in the Battle of San Lorenzo.
Tourist destinations in the Corrientes Province include the Iberá Wetlands and the Mburucuyá National Park.
Official languages
On 22 October 2004, Provincial Law No. 5598 (Decree 2326/2004) declared
Geography
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 low shore of the Paraná produces frequent floodings. After a specially destructive one in 1982, a protective system has been started with the construction of barriers.
The province is for the most part a
Climate
The climate is predominantly
Economy
Corrientes, like much of the Argentine north, has long had a relatively underdeveloped economy. Its 2006 output was estimated at US$4.2 billion (which shall be around US$6.7 billion in 2011, according to Argentina's economic growth), or, US$4,540 per capita (around US$6,600 in 2011), nearly 40% below the national average.[12]
Among Corrientes' productive (non-services) activities, tobacco and its processing earns 45% of the province's gross income, food and derivates, 30%, and textiles, 16%.
On the Paraná River, near the city of
Tourism has been growing in Corrientes Province due to the relevance that
Political division
The provincial government is divided into the usual three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoint the cabinet; the legislative; and the judiciary, headed by the Supreme Court. The legislative branch is a bicameral body composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The Legislature is charged with introducing and passing local laws.
The Constitution of Corrientes Province forms the formal law of the province.
In Argentina, the most important law enforcement organization is the Argentine Federal Police but the additional work is carried out by the Corrientes Provincial Police.
The province is divided into 25 departments (departamentos):
Department (Capital)
- Bella Vista Department (Bella Vista)
- Berón de Astrada)
- Capital Department (Corrientes)
- Concepción Department (Concepción)
- Curuzú Cuatía Department (Curuzú Cuatiá)
- Empedrado Department (Empedrado)
- Esquina Department (Esquina)
- General Alvear Department (Alvear)
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Caá Catí)
- 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)
- 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)
References
- ^ a b Ley No. 5598 de la Provincia de Corrientes, 22 October 2004 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes". Infobae. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ "TelluBase—Argentina Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 25 June 2023.
- ^ Louis Stich, Corrientes: the Issues from 1856–80, The Collectors Club, New York, 1957.
- ^ "El Diario Digital" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ 4 Semanas (in Spanish)
- ^ RiverNet: the Yacyretá Dam
- ^ Ley No. 6604 de la Provincia de Chaco, 28 de julio de 2010, B.O., (9092)
- ^ a b c d e f "Clima" (in Spanish). Dirección de Estadística y Censos de la Provincia de Corrientes. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ a b Rubio 2018, p. 175.
- ^ I.A.D.E.R
Books
- Rubio, Gerardo; Lavado, Raul; Pereyra, Fernando (2018). The Soils of Argentina. Springer. S2CID 199492966.
External links
- Media related to Corrientes Province at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site (in Spanish)
- History (in Spanish)
- Esteros del Iberá (in English and Spanish)
- Corrientes Info (in Spanish)
- Pictures of Corrientes