Misiones Province
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Clockwise from top: Iguazú Falls (Iguazú National Park), Posadas, Guaraní Jesuit Mission of San Ignacio Miní, Yerba Mate plantation. Clockwise from top: Iguazú Falls (Iguazú National Park), Posadas, Guaraní Jesuit Mission of San Ignacio Miní, Yerba Mate plantation. | |
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Location of Misiones within Argentina Location of Misiones within Argentina | |
Country | Argentina |
Capital | Posadas |
Departments | 17 |
Municipalities | 78 |
Government | |
• Governor | Maurice Closs |
• Deputies | 7 |
• Senators | 3 |
Area | |
• Total | Template:Infobox settlement/metric |
Population (2010[1]) | |
• Total | 1.097.829 (Ranked 10th) |
• Density | Template:Infobox settlement/metric |
Demonym(s) | misionero |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
ISO 3166 code | AR-N |
Website | www |
Misiones is one of the provinces of Argentina. It is in the northeastern corner of the country. Paraguay is to the northwest. Brazil is to the north, east and south. There are 965,522 people living in Misiones. Iguazú National Park is here.
The province first had Guarani people.
Misiones makes the most yerba mate in all of Argentina. Light manufacturing and tourism also help the economy.
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