Misiones Province
province of Argentina
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Summary
Misiones Province is a province of Argentina[1]. It draws 2,852 Wikipedia views per month (province of argentina category, ranking #14 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Argentina[3]
- Country: Argentina[4]
- Head of government: Hugo Passalacqua[5]
- Capital: Posadas[6]
- Shares border with: Itapúa Department[7], Paraná[8], Corrientes Province[9], Alto Paraná Department[10], Santa Catarina[11], Rio Grande do Sul[12]
- Named after: Jesuit reduction[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Apóstoles Department[14], Cainguás department[15], Candelaria department[16], Concepción Department[17], Eldorado Department[18], General Manuel Belgrano department[19], Guaraní Department[20], Iguazú Department[21], Capital Department[22], Leandro N. Alem Department[23], Libertador General San department[24], Montecarlo department[25], Oberá department[26], San Ignacio[27]
- Flag: flag of Misiones Province[28]
- Legislative body: Chamber of Deputies of Misiones[29]
- Part of: South America Midwest Integrated Zone[30]
- Commons category: Misiones Province[31]
- Located in time zone: UTC−03:00[32], America/Argentina/Córdoba[33]
- Has part(s): Puerto Iguazú[34]
- Inception: December 10, 1953[35]
- Highest point: Cerro Rincón[36]
- Official website: https://misiones.gob.ar/[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Misiones Province[38]
- Commons gallery: Provincia de Misiones[39]
- Population: 1,189,446[40], 1,101,593[41], 1,278,873[42]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Misiones province[43]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45]
- Official name: Provincia de Misiones[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Misiones Province[47]
- Category for people who died here: Q104832567[48]
- Demonym: misionero[49], misionera[50]
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Physical Characteristics
Misiones Province covers an area of 29,801 km²[51]. It sits at an elevation of 190 m[52].
Why It Matters
Misiones Province has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]