Map of the province of Corrientes and its departments
Map of the province of Corrientes and its departments.
Corrientes, or Taragüí Tetãminí (official and constitutional name in Guaraní language) is one of the 23 provinces of the Argentine Republic. In turn, it is one of the 24 self-governing states or jurisdictions of the first order that make up the country and one of the 24 national legislative districts. Its capital and most populated city is the homonymous Corrientes. It is located in the northeast of the country, in the Norte Grande Argentino region, bordering the west and north with the Paraná River that separates it from Santa Fe, Chaco and Paraguay, northeast with Misiones, east with the Uruguay River that separates it from Brazil and Uruguay, and to the south with Entre Ríos. With 88 199 km² it is the eighth least extensive province, ahead of Entre Ríos, San Luis, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Tucumán and Tierra del Fuego, the least extensive.
The province of Corrientes is divided into 25 departments.
Corrientes, or Taragüí Tetãminí (official and constitutional name in Guaraní language) is one of the 23 provinces of the Argentine Republic. In turn, it is one of the 24 self-governing states or jurisdictions of the first order that make up the country and one of the 24 national legislative districts. Its capital and most populated city is the homonymous Corrientes. It is located in the northeast of the country, in the Norte Grande Argentino region, bordering the west and north with the Paraná River that separates it from Santa Fe, Chaco and Paraguay, northeast with Misiones, east with the Uruguay River that separates it from Brazil and Uruguay, and to the south with Entre Ríos. With 88 199 km² it is the eighth least extensive province, ahead of Entre Ríos, San Luis, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Tucumán and Tierra del Fuego, the least extensive.
The province of Corrientes is divided into 25 departments.
| Department | Capital | Population (2001) | Area (km²) |
| Bella Vista | Bella Vista | 35,350 | 1,695 |
| Berón de Astrada | Berón de Astrada | 2,294 | 804 |
| Capital | Corrientes | 328,868 | 522 |
| Concepción | Concepción | 18,411 | 5,008 |
| Curuzú Cuatía | Curuzú Cuatía | 42,075 | 8,911 |
| Empedrado | Empedrado | 14,721 | 1,958 |
| Esquina | Esquina | 30,372 | 3,723 |
| General Alvear | Alvear | 8,147 | 1,954 |
| General Paz | Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Caá Catí | 14,725 | 2,634 |
| Goya | Goya | 87,349 | 4,678 |
| Itatí | Itatí | 8,774 | 890 |
| Ituzaingó | Ituzaingó | 30,565 | 8,613 |
| Lavalle | Lavalle | 26,250 | 1,480 |
| Mburucuyá | Mburucuyá | 9.012 | 961 |
| Mercedes | Mercedes | 39,206 | 9,588 |
| Monte Caseros | Monte Caseros | 33,684 | 2,287 |
| Paso de los Libres | Paso de los Libres | 46,329 | 4,700 |
| Saladas | Saladas | 21,470 | 1,981 |
| San Cosme | San Cosme | 13,189 | 595 |
| San Luis del Palmar | San Luis del Palmar | 16,513 | 2,551 |
| San Martín | La Cruz | 12,236 | 6,385 |
| San Miguel | San Miguel | 10,252 | 2,863 |
| San Roque | San Roque | 17,951 | 2,243 |
| Santo Tomé | Santo Tomé | 54,050 | 7,359 |
| Sauce | Sauce | 9,151 | 795 |