![]() ![]() In the west where precipitation is lower, it has a subtropical climate with a dry winter and is classified as a semi-arid climate ( BS under the Köppen climate classification) due to potential evapotranspiration exceeding precipitation. The eastern parts of the province have a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa under the Köppen climate classification) with no dry season. It is divided in two different climate zones: a more humid one in the east and a drier subtropical climate in the center and west. ![]() Other important rivers include: the Negro, Tapenagá, Palometa, and Salado, all tributaries or anabranches of the river Paraná. In the south, the border follows the 28th parallel south, separating the region from Santa Fe Province, while in the west it borders Salta and Santiago del Estero. To the north, the river Bermejo forms another natural border, dividing Chaco Province from Formosa Province. The Paraná and Paraguay rivers separate Chaco province from Corrientes Province and the Republic of Paraguay. The highest ground in the province is also the most western, near the municipality of Taco Pozo, at an elevation of 272 m (892 ft) above sea level. The province of Chaco lies within the southern part of the Gran Chaco region, a vast lowland plain that covers territories in Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.Ĭhaco Province covers an area of 99,633 km 2 (38,469 sq mi) and ranks as the twelfth largest Argentinian province. )ĭock on a southeastern wetland close to Paraná River (The term Gualamba is of uncertain origin and has since fallen into disuse. However, the earliest known mention of the term in a document was in a letter written to Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, Viceroy of Peru, dated in 1589, by the then Governor of Tucumán, Juan Ramírez de Velasco, who referred to the region as Chaco Gualamba. When they go hunting, the Indians gather from many parts the vicuñas and guanacos that crowd is called chacu in the Quechua language, which is common in Peru, and that Spaniards have corrupted into Chaco". Jesuit missioner Pedro Lozano wrote in his book Chorographic Description of the Great Chaco Gualamba, published in Cordoba, Spain in 1733: "Its etymology indicates the multitude of nations that inhabit that region. Chaco has historically been among Argentina's poorest regions, and currently ranks last both by per capita GDP and on the Human Development Index.Ĭhaco derives from chaku, the Quechua word used to name a hunting territory or the hunting technique used by the people of the Inca Empire.Īnnually, large groups of up to thirty thousand hunters would enter the territory, forming columns and circling their prey. These languages are the Kom, Moqoit and Wichí languages, spoken by the Toba, Mocovi and Wichí peoples respectively. In 2010, Chaco became the second province in Argentina to adopt more than one official language. With an area of 99,633 km 2 (38,469 sq mi), and a population of 1,142,963 as of 2022, it is the twelfth most extensive, and the eleventh most populated, of the twenty-three Argentine provinces. It also has an international border with the Paraguayan Department of Ñeembucú. It is bordered by Salta and Santiago del Estero to the west, Formosa to the north, Corrientes to the east, and Santa Fe to the south. It is located in the north-east of the country. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. ![]() Chaco ( Spanish pronunciation: Wichi: To-kós-wet ), officially the Province of Chaco ( Spanish: provincia del Chaco ), is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. ![]()
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