How many states does Argentina have?

How many states does Argentina have? Argentina has no states, is composed by provinces. They are 23: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Chaco, Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Tucumán, La Pampa, Santa Cruz , Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego.

How many states does Argentina have? Besides the 23 provinces, Argentina has an autonomous city: Buenos Aires, which is the capital of the country and is located in the east of the country bordering the Rio de la Plata river. Buenos Aires has its own government and its own judicial and legislative system. The current head of government of the city is Mauricio Macri.

The city of Buenos Aires is divided by the province of Buenos Aires by the General Paz Highway and the river Riachuelo. The city has 3 million inhabitants, and if the metropolitan area is taken into account, the population exceeds 10 million, making it one of the 10 most populated urban centers in the world.

The Argentine continental territory extends longitudinally between the Andes and the Atlantic Ocean and is characterized by the variety of physical landscapes. There are plains, deserts, lakes, rivers, forests, mountains and glaciers.

The 23 states belong to different regions of Argentina. In the Northwest region (covering an area of 511,212 km2) you can find Jujuy, Salta, La Rioja, Tucumán, Catamarca and Santiago del Estero. The Northeast region includes: Formosa, Chaco, Misiones, Corrientes and Entre Rios. In the region of Cuyo (of 315,226 km2) there are: San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. In the Pampas region you can find the provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires and La Pampa. This region covers the provinces of the north and center of the country. Finally, there is the Patagonian region (in the south of the country and with population density of 1.9 inhabitants per km2.) that includes the provinces of Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego.