During the War of Independence the main cities and their surrounding countrysides became provinces though the intervention of their cabildos. The Anarchy of the Year XX completed this process, shaping the original thirteen provinces. Jujuy seceded from Salta in 1834, and the thirteen provinces became fourteen. After seceding for a decade, Buenos Aires Province accepted the 1853 Constitution of Argentina in 1861, and its capital city was made a federal territory in 1880.[2]
A law from 1862 designated as national territories those under federal control but outside the frontiers of the provinces. In 1884 they served as bases for the establishment of the governorates of Misiones, Formosa, Chaco, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego.[3] The agreement about a frontier dispute with Chile in 1900 created the National Territory of Los Andes; its lands were incorporated into Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca in 1943.[2]La Pampa and Chaco became provinces in 1951. Misiones did so in 1953, and Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, in 1955. The last national territory, Tierra del Fuego, became the Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province in 1990.[2]
The Provinces of Argentina, their respective flags, their provincial capitals, and their largest cities.
Provinces hold all the power that they chose not to delegate to the federal government;[4] they must be representative commonwealths and must not contradict the Constitution.[5] Beyond this, they are fully autonomous: they enact their own constitutions,[6] freely organize their local governments,[7] and own and manage their natural and financial resources.[8] Thus, each province has its own set of provincial laws and justice system, a supreme court, a governor, an autonomous police force, and a congress; in eight provinces, this legislature is bicameral, comprising an upper chamber (the Senate) and a lower chamber (the House of Deputies), while in the remaining fifteen provinces and in Buenos Aires City, it is unicameral.[9][A]
In case of sedition, insurrection, territorial invasion, or any other emergent against the laws of the Nation on any province or the federal capital, the Congress has the authority to declare a federal intervention on the compromised district,[11] even in the absence of a formal request by the affected part.[12] When Congress is in recess and thus unable to decide, the President is entitled to decree such intervention, but this executive order is subject to Congressional override upon the Houses' immediate reassembly.[13] Once the intervention is declared the compromised district's government is immediately dissolved—in whole or in part depending on Congressional decision—and the President appoints a representative or intervenor, who will serve for a short time until the emergency is solved. Since 1983 four provinces were intervened, namely Catamarca, Corrientes (twice), Santiago del Estero (twice), and Tucumán.[14]
During the 20th century, some provinces have had governments that are traditionally controlled by a single family (i.e. the Saadi family in Catamarca, or the Sapag family in Neuquén); in one case, it is still the same situation from 2009: the Province of San Luis was ruled almost without a break by the Rodríguez Saá family since December 1983.[15]
Article 61 of the Constitution of the city of Buenos Aires states that "Suffrage is free, equal, secret, universal, compulsory and not accumulative. The foreign residents enjoy this right, with the correlative obligations, on equal terms with Argentine citizens registered in this district, in the terms established by the law."[16]
^The City of Buenos Aires is an autonomous city, but its local organization has similarities with the provinces: it has its own constitution, an elected mayor, a congress, and representatives to the Senate and Deputy chambers.[10]
^"Intervenciones en la historia". La Nación (in Spanish). 11 April 2004. from the original on 11 October 2012.
^ (in Spanish). Ministerio del Interior – Presidencia de la Nación. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
^ (in Spanish). Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. October 1, 1996. Archived from the original on 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
^Gwillim Law (30 May 2015). "Provinces of Argentina". Statoids. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^"Cuadro 8. Población total, superficie y densidal según provincia. Total del país" (PDF) (in Spanish). indec. October 2012. p. 66. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^"Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes". Infobae. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
Bibliography
Legal documents
National Constituent Convention (22 August 1994), , Santa Fe, archived from the original on 4 June 2011{{citation}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Books
Rey Balmaceda, Raúl (1995). Mi país, la Argentina (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Arte Gráfico Editorial Argentino. ISBN84-599-3442-X.
Rock, David (1987). Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to the Falklands War. University of California Press. ISBN978-0520061781.
External links
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provinces, argentina, argentina, subdivided, into, twenty, three, federated, states, called, provinces, spanish, provincias, singular, provincia, called, autonomous, city, ciudad, autónoma, buenos, aires, which, federal, capital, republic, spanish, capital, fe. Argentina is subdivided into twenty three federated states called provinces Spanish provincias singular provincia and one called the autonomous city ciudad autonoma of Buenos Aires which is the federal capital of the republic Spanish Capital Federal as decided by the Argentine Congress 1 The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions and exist under a federal system Provinces of ArgentinaCategoryFederated stateLocationArgentinaNumber23 Provinces1 Autonomous cityPopulations190 641 Tierra del Fuego Province 17 569 053 Buenos Aires Province GovernmentProvincial governmentSubdivisionsBuenos Aires City Commune 15 Buenos Aires Province Partido 135 Other provinces Department 378 Contents 1 History 2 Political organization 3 List of provinces 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksHistory EditMain article History of Argentina During the War of Independence the main cities and their surrounding countrysides became provinces though the intervention of their cabildos The Anarchy of the Year XX completed this process shaping the original thirteen provinces Jujuy seceded from Salta in 1834 and the thirteen provinces became fourteen After seceding for a decade Buenos Aires Province accepted the 1853 Constitution of Argentina in 1861 and its capital city was made a federal territory in 1880 2 A law from 1862 designated as national territories those under federal control but outside the frontiers of the provinces In 1884 they served as bases for the establishment of the governorates of Misiones Formosa Chaco La Pampa Neuquen Rio Negro Chubut Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego 3 The agreement about a frontier dispute with Chile in 1900 created the National Territory of Los Andes its lands were incorporated into Jujuy Salta and Catamarca in 1943 2 La Pampa and Chaco became provinces in 1951 Misiones did so in 1953 and Formosa Neuquen Rio Negro Chubut and Santa Cruz in 1955 The last national territory Tierra del Fuego became the Tierra del Fuego Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur Province in 1990 2 Political organization EditSee also List of provincial governors in Argentina and List of provincial legislatures in Argentina Argentina is a federation of twenty three provinces and one autonomous city Buenos Aires Provinces are divided for administration purposes into departments and municipalities except for Buenos Aires Province which is divided into partidos and localidades Buenos Aires City itself is divided into communes comuna and non official neighbourhoods barrios Provinces of Argentina The Provinces of Argentina their respective flags their provincial capitals and their largest cities Provinces hold all the power that they chose not to delegate to the federal government 4 they must be representative commonwealths and must not contradict the Constitution 5 Beyond this they are fully autonomous they enact their own constitutions 6 freely organize their local governments 7 and own and manage their natural and financial resources 8 Thus each province has its own set of provincial laws and justice system a supreme court a governor an autonomous police force and a congress in eight provinces this legislature is bicameral comprising an upper chamber the Senate and a lower chamber the House of Deputies while in the remaining fifteen provinces and in Buenos Aires City it is unicameral 9 A In case of sedition insurrection territorial invasion or any other emergent against the laws of the Nation on any province or the federal capital the Congress has the authority to declare a federal intervention on the compromised district 11 even in the absence of a formal request by the affected part 12 When Congress is in recess and thus unable to decide the President is entitled to decree such intervention but this executive order is subject to Congressional override upon the Houses immediate reassembly 13 Once the intervention is declared the compromised district s government is immediately dissolved in whole or in part depending on Congressional decision and the President appoints a representative or intervenor who will serve for a short time until the emergency is solved Since 1983 four provinces were intervened namely Catamarca Corrientes twice Santiago del Estero twice and Tucuman 14 During the 20th century some provinces have had governments that are traditionally controlled by a single family i e the Saadi family in Catamarca or the Sapag family in Neuquen in one case it is still the same situation from 2009 the Province of San Luis was ruled almost without a break by the Rodriguez Saa family since December 1983 15 Article 61 of the Constitution of the city of Buenos Aires states that Suffrage is free equal secret universal compulsory and not accumulative The foreign residents enjoy this right with the correlative obligations on equal terms with Argentine citizens registered in this district in the terms established by the law 16 List of provinces EditProvinces of Argentina 17 Flag Province Capital HASC subdivision code Population 2010 18 Population 2022 19 Area Density perkm2 Autonomous City ofBuenos Aires N A DF 2 890 151 3 120 612 203 km2 78 sq mi 15372 47 Buenos Aires La Plata BA 15 625 084 17 569 053 307 571 km2 118 754 sq mi 57 12 Catamarca San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca CT 367 828 429 556 102 602 km2 39 615 sq mi 4 18 Chaco Resistencia CC 1 055 259 1 142 963 99 633 km2 38 469 sq mi 11 47 Chubut Rawson CH 509 108 603 120 224 686 km2 86 752 sq mi 2 68 Cordoba Cordoba CB 3 308 876 3 978 984 165 321 km2 63 831 sq mi 24 06 Corrientes Corrientes CN 992 595 1 197 553 88 199 km2 34 054 sq mi 13 57 Entre Rios Parana ER 1 235 994 1 426 426 78 781 km2 30 418 sq mi 18 10 Formosa Formosa FM 530 162 606 941 72 066 km2 27 825 sq mi 8 42 Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy JY 673 307 797 955 53 219 km2 20 548 sq mi 14 99 La Pampa Santa Rosa LP 318 951 366 022 143 440 km2 55 380 sq mi 2 55 La Rioja La Rioja LR 333 642 384 607 89 680 km2 34 630 sq mi 4 28 Mendoza Mendoza MZ 1 738 929 2 014 533 148 827 km2 57 462 sq mi 13 53 Misiones Posadas MN 1 101 593 1 280 960 29 801 km2 11 506 sq mi 42 98 Neuquen Neuquen NQ 551 266 726 590 94 078 km2 36 324 sq mi 7 72 Rio Negro Viedma RN 638 645 762 067 203 013 km2 78 384 sq mi 3 75 Salta Salta SA 1 214 441 1 440 672 155 488 km2 60 034 sq mi 9 26 San Juan San Juan SJ 681 055 818 234 89 651 km2 34 614 sq mi 9 12 San Luis San Luis SL 432 310 540 905 76 748 km2 29 633 sq mi 7 04 Santa Cruz Rio Gallegos SC 273 964 333 473 243 943 km2 94 187 sq mi 1 36 Santa Fe Santa Fe SF 3 194 537 3 556 522 133 007 km2 51 354 sq mi 26 73 Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero SE 874 006 1 054 028 136 351 km2 52 645 sq mi 7 73 Tierra del Fuego Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur Ushuaia TF 127 205 190 641 21 263 km2 8 210 sq mi 8 96 Tucuman San Miguel de Tucuman TM 1 148 188 1 703 186 22 524 km2 8 697 sq mi 75 61See also Edit Argentina portalComparison between Argentine provinces and countries by GDP PPP per capita Demographics of Argentina ISO 3166 2 AR the ISO codes for the provinces of Argentina List of Argentine provinces by gross regional product List of Argentine provinces by Human Development IndexNotes Edit The City of Buenos Aires is an autonomous city but its local organization has similarities with the provinces it has its own constitution an elected mayor a congress and representatives to the Senate and Deputy chambers 10 References Edit Constitution of Argentina art 3 a b c Rey Balmaceda 1995 p 19 Rock 1987 p 155 Constitution of Argentina art 121 Constitution of Argentina arts 5 6 Constitution of Argentina art 123 Constitution of Argentina art 122 Constitution of Argentina arts 124 125 Legislaturas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y provinciales Republica Argentina in Spanish Universidad del Salvador Archived from the original on 2013 05 15 Retrieved 2009 09 19 Constitution of Argentina art 129 Constitution of Argentina art 6 Constitution of Argentina art 75 inc 31 Constitution of Argentina art 99 inc 20 Intervenciones en la historia La Nacion in Spanish 11 April 2004 Archived from the original on 11 October 2012 Archivo Historico Gobernadores provinciales de la Republica Argentina 1983 2007 in Spanish Ministerio del Interior Presidencia de la Nacion Archived from the original on 8 June 2009 Retrieved 8 June 2009 Constitucion de la Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires in Spanish Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires October 1 1996 Archived from the original on 2007 11 22 Retrieved 2007 12 13 Gwillim Law 30 May 2015 Provinces of Argentina Statoids Retrieved 28 September 2015 Cuadro 8 Poblacion total superficie y densidal segun provincia Total del pais PDF in Spanish indec October 2012 p 66 Retrieved 8 May 2020 Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022 Argentina tiene 46 044 703 habitantes Infobae 31 January 2023 Retrieved 2023 02 04 Bibliography EditLegal documentsNational Constituent Convention 22 August 1994 Constitution of the Argentine Nation Santa Fe archived from the original on 4 June 2011 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint uses authors parameter link BooksRey Balmaceda Raul 1995 Mi pais la Argentina in Spanish Buenos Aires Arte Grafico Editorial Argentino ISBN 84 599 3442 X Rock David 1987 Argentina 1516 1987 From Spanish Colonization to the Falklands War University of California Press ISBN 978 0520061781 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Provinces of Argentina Provinces of Argentina at statoids com Argentine Provinces since 1973 at World Statesmen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Provinces of Argentina amp oldid 1137349954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
