Map of the province of Formosa and its departments
Map of the province of Formosa and its departments.
Formosa, is one of the 23 provinces of the Argentine Republic. In turn, it is one of the 24 self-governing states that make up the country and one of the 24 national legislative electoral districts Its capital and most populated city is the homonymous Formosa. It is located in the north of the country, in the Norte Grande Argentino region, bounded on the north by the Pilcomayo river that separates it from Paraguay, on the east by the Paraguay river that separates it again from Paraguay, on the south by the Bermejo and Teuco rivers that separate it from Chaco, and to the west with Salta, through a vertical line.
With 530 162 inhabitants in 2010 it is the eighth least populated province - ahead of Chubut, San Luis, Catamarca, La Rioja, La Pampa, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands, the least populated - and with 72 066 km², the fifth least extensive, ahead of Jujuy, Misiones, Tucumán and Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands, the least extensive.
The province of Formosa is divided into nine departments.
Formosa, is one of the 23 provinces of the Argentine Republic. In turn, it is one of the 24 self-governing states that make up the country and one of the 24 national legislative electoral districts Its capital and most populated city is the homonymous Formosa. It is located in the north of the country, in the Norte Grande Argentino region, bounded on the north by the Pilcomayo river that separates it from Paraguay, on the east by the Paraguay river that separates it again from Paraguay, on the south by the Bermejo and Teuco rivers that separate it from Chaco, and to the west with Salta, through a vertical line.
With 530 162 inhabitants in 2010 it is the eighth least populated province - ahead of Chubut, San Luis, Catamarca, La Rioja, La Pampa, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands, the least populated - and with 72 066 km², the fifth least extensive, ahead of Jujuy, Misiones, Tucumán and Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands, the least extensive.
The province of Formosa is divided into nine departments.
| Department | Capital | Population (2010) | Area (km²) |
| Bermejo | Laguna Yema | 14,146 | 12,850 |
| Formosa | Formosa | 234,354 | 6,195 |
| Laishí | San Francisco de Laishí | 17,182 | 3,480 |
| Matacos | Ingeniero Juárez | 14,169 | 4,431 |
| Patiño | Comandante Fontana | 68,122 | 24,502 |
| Pilagás | El Espinillo | 18,271 | 3,041 |
| Pilcomayo | Clorinda | 85,140 | 5,342 |
| Pirané | Pirané | 64,083 | 8,425 |
| Ramón Lista | General Mosconi | 13,754 | 3,800 |