Misiones Province

Misiones
Provincia de Misiones (Spanish)
Province of Misiones
Iguazú National Park
Flag of Misiones
Coat of arms of Misiones
Anthem: Misionerita (The Song for the Child of Misiones)
Location of Misiones within Argentina
Location of Misiones within Argentina
Coordinates: 26°55′S 54°31′W / 26.92°S 54.52°W / -26.92; -54.52
Country Argentina
CapitalPosadas
Subdivisions
Government
 • GovernorHugo Passalacqua (FRC)
 • Vice GovernorLucas Romero (FRC)
 • Legislature40
 • National Deputies7
 • National Senators
Area
 • Total29,801 km2 (11,506 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census[1])
 • Total1,280,960
 • Rank9th
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonymmisionero
GDP
 • Totalpeso 445 billion
(US$17 billion) (2018)[2]
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 codeAR-N
HDI (2021)0.842 very high (11th)[3]
Websitewww.misiones.gov.ar

Misiones (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈsjones], Missions) is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest.

This was an early area of Roman Catholic missionary activity by the Society of Jesus in what was then called the province of Paraguay, beginning in the early 17th century. In 1984 the ruins of four mission sites in Argentina were designated World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4]

  1. ^ "Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes". Infobae. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  2. ^ "PBG Misiones".
  3. ^ "El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 25 June 2023.
  4. ^ Garriga, Antonio (1713). "Instruccion practica para ordenar santamente la vidà; que ofrece el P. Antonio Garriga de la Compania de Iesus. Como brebe memorial, y recuerdo à los que hazen los exercicios espirituales de S. Ignacio de Loyola fundador de la misma Compañia" [Practical Instruction to Order One’s Life According to Saintly Precepts: Offered by Father Antonio Garriga of the Society of Jesus. As a Brief Memorial and Memento of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society]. World Digital Library (in Spanish). Misiones, Argentina. Retrieved 7 June 2013.