Chaco Province
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The Province o Chaco ({{lang-es|Provincia del Chaco}) (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈtʃako]) is a province in northeastren Argentinae. Wi a aurie o 99,633 km2 (38,469 sq mi) an a population o 1,055,259 as o 2010, it is the 12t maist extensive an the 9t maist populatit o the 23 Argentine provinces. Chaco is bordered bi Salta an Santiago del Estero tae the wast, Formosa tae the north, Corrientes tae the east, and Santa Fe tae the sooth. The province haes an internaitional border wi the Paraguayan Depairtment o Ñeembucú an aw. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Resistencia.
Chaco haes lang been amang the provinces wi the wurst social indicators in the kintra. Amang Argentine provinces, it ranks last bi GDP per caipita an 21st bi Human Development Index, abuin neebours Formosa an Santiago del Estero.
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Economy
Chaco's economy, like maist in the region, is relatively unnerdevelopit yet haes recovered vigorously, syne 2002. Its economy wis estimatit tae be US$4.4 billion in 2006, or US$4,470 per caipita (hauf the naitional average an the third-lawest in Argentinae).[2] Chaco's economy is diversifeed; but, its agricultural sector haes suffered frae recurrent drochts ower the past decade.
Agricultural development in Chaco is linkit tae the quebracho firth, an the cotton production, which currently accoonts for 60% o naitional production.
Agricultur accoonts for an elevatit 17% o ootput an includes crops such as soy, sorghum an maize. Succar cane is cultivatit in the sooth an aw, as well as rice an tobacco in lesser proportion.
Cattle consists o mixed races o Argentine cows wi zebu, which adapt better tae the heich temperatures, grass shortage, an occasional floodin.
Industrie contributes modestly tae the economy (aboot 10%) an includes textiles (produced frae local cotton), ile mills, an coal production, as well as succar, alcohol an paper (aw producit frae succar cane).
Chaco is hame tae the Chaco Naitional Pairk, but tourism is no a well-developit industrie in the province. The province's main airport, Resistencia Internaitional Airport, serves aroond 100,000 passengers annually.
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Poleetical organisation
The province is dividit intae 25 depairtments (Spainyie: departamentos).
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