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Chaco National Park
Fishing in the Paraná
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Area: 99,633 KM2.
Population: 983,087 (2001).
Main Cities: Resitencia, Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Villa Ángela, Barranqueras.
Description:
The province of Chaco, located in the Chaco region, is bounded
by the province of Formosa on the north; the Republic of Paraguay
and the province of Corrientes, on the
east; the provinces of Santa
Fe and Santiago del Estero, on the south; and by the provinces of
Santiago del Estero and Salta, on the west.
Chaco occupies an area of 99,633 square kilometers (2.7% of the country total). The
territory is a flat terrain of apparent evenness; the differences are marked by a
climatic diversity, which impacts on the water availability feeding the hydraulic
network, as well as on the diversification of soils and vegetation: thick forests
in the west, an open landscape of parks and savannas in the central area, and a
horizon of swamps and marshlands, surrounded by galleries of wild forests, in the east.
Climate, topography, and drainage contribute towards defining great
environmental units, which can be grouped into meridian-oriented zones: in
the west, the semiarid Chaco; a central subhumid zone; to the east, the humid
riverside Chaco; and lastly, the Paraguay-Paraná valley.
Climate is hot, with an average temperature of 21°C/70°F, recording extreme variations of up to 45°C/113°F.
Political Organization and Demographic Structure:
This province, the capital of which is Resistencia, is
divided into 24 departments, with separate political and administrative powers.
Annual average growth rate is 17‰, while density amounts to 8.4 inhabitants
per square kilometer. Urban population represents 69%. (1991).
Economic Structure:
In 1994, the primary sector contributed 16% to
the value added of the global supply of goods and
services. The secondary sector generated 17%, while the remaining
67% of the global economic activity corresponds to the supply of
financial, transport and communications, commerce, and government services.
The province of Chaco specializes in cotton dry farming, lumbering, and tropical
cattle raising, and related activities, such as cotton ginning, and in lesser
amount, weaving; sawmills; tannin extraction; cold-storage plants. The last decade
shows agricultural diversification (sunflower and soya) and animal husbandry development.
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