Misiones Province
Misiones | |
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| Province of Misiones Provincia de Misiones (Spanish) | |
View of the Alto Paraná Atlantic forests | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Misionerita (The Song for the Child of Misiones) | |
Location of Misiones within Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 26°55′S 54°31′W / 26.92°S 54.52°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Capital | Posadas |
| Subdivisions | List |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Hugo Passalacqua (FRC) |
| • Vice Governor | Lucas Romero Spinelli (FRC) |
| • Legislature | 40 |
| • National Deputies | 7 |
| • National Senators | |
| Area | |
• Total | 29,801 km2 (11,506 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
• Total | 1,280,960 |
| • Rank | 9th |
| • Density | 42.984/km2 (111.33/sq mi) |
| Demonym | misionero |
| GDP | |
| • Total | peso 445 billion (US$17 billion) (2018) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-N |
| HDI (2021) | 0.842 very high (11th) |
| Website | www |
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 Jesuits 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.