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32-401: The municipality was created in 1954 by the name of Juan Domingo Perón, then president of Argentina, with its first office in the town of Puerto Menocchio current, 12 kilometers from the current location. The next year's military coup renamed the newly created municipality by General Urquiza, in honor of Justo José de Urquiza. The Industrial district which sits the town since 2006, is formed from

64-582: A part of Brazil across the border. The rocks contain significant quantities of iron which forms a part of the soil, giving it a reddish color. At the center of the plateau rises the Sierra de Misiones, its highest peak, 843 m, near Bernardo de Irigoyen, in the Cerro Rincón. The province is embraced by three big rivers including the Paraná , Uruguay and Iguazú . Iguazu Falls are spectacular waterfalls on

96-582: A place in Misiones Province , Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Misiones Province 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

128-596: A point in the Paraná River shared by Paraguay and Corrientes Province. When the dam became fully operative in the 1990s, the Paraná's waters all along the Misiones shores rose. They flooded lands that the dam's authorities had failed to clear and condition adequately, resulting in the onset of mosquito-transmitted illnesses, such as leishmaniasis , yellow fever , dengue , and malaria . The entire Misiones shores along

160-462: A small number of Arabs , Japanese and, recently, Laotians (in the late 1970s) and Chinese (in the 2000s). From the 1960s, the province has also received immigrants from Brazil (mostly descendants of East Europeans) and Paraguay (mostly descendants both of indigenous peoples and Spaniards). The literacy rate is 91.4%. Misiones' economy , like most in northern Argentina, is relatively underdeveloped yet fairly well-diversified. Its 2006 output

192-469: Is classified as Cfa . There are four distinct seasons although winters and autumns are fairly short. The mean annual temperature is around 21 °C (70 °F). June–August typically register the coldest days when temperatures can fall below 10 °C (50 °F). However, rare incursions of polar air into the province from the south can lead to frost. Summers are hot with temperatures exceeding 32 °C (90 °F) from December to February. One of

224-629: Is high. The vegetation is the so-called " Selva Misionera  [ es ] ". Part of it has been transformed by mankind to implant cultures and ranching. The original biome is protected in Iguazú National Park , part of the Alto Paraná Atlantic forests , in turn part of the Atlantic Forest biome . Ethno-racial groups in Misiones (2022 census) There are 1,280,960 people living in Misiones according to

256-767: Is the Argentine Federal Police but the additional work is carried out by the Misiones Provincial Police . The province is divided in 17 departments (Spanish: departamentos ): Misiones is twinned with: Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the R%C3%ADo de la Plata The Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ( Spanish : Director Supremo de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata )

288-528: The Marquis de Pombal , ordered all Reductions closed in its territory (which then included much of present-day Misiones Province). The Marquis eventually prevailed in 1773 on Pope Clement XIV to have the Jesuit Order suppressed . With the abandoning of the missions, the prosperous trade surrounding these Reductions quickly vanished. Colonists imposed a brutal plantation economy in the region, forcing

320-510: The Argentine state. As of 2016 control of the province is not contested. On December 10, 1953, the "National Territory of Misiones" gained provincial status in accordance with Law 14.294, and its constitution was approved on April 21, 1958. Misiones received more attention from national policy-makers following a 1973 international agreement to construct the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam on

352-712: The Guarani to act as slave labor . In 1814, Gervasio Posadas , the Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata , declared Misiones annexed to Argentina's Corrientes (at this time Argentina was quasi-independent but nominally still a Spanish colony). Argentina did not exert de facto control over Misiones, which was claimed by several countries and effectively governed itself. In 1830 Argentine military forces from Corrientes Province took control of Misiones. In 1838, Paraguay occupied Misiones, claiming

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384-604: The Iguazú River in the northwest corner of the province, near the city of Puerto Iguazú . Misiones shares the falls with the Brazilian state of Paraná (in that nation's Southern Region). Meanwhile, the international border with Paraguay is close by. The province has a humid subtropical climate characterized by a lack of a dry season and abundant rainfall throughout the year. Under the Köppen climate classification , it

416-999: The Immigration and Colonization Law. One of them, Adolf Schwelm's Eldorado Colonización y Explotación de Bosques Ltda. S.A. , founded the city of Eldorado in 1919 with a port on the Upper Paraná. Its agricultural colonies and experimental farms, the orange- and grapefruit-tree plantations, and the cultivation of yerba mate, the mills and the dryers for such product are characteristic of this area. Swedish-Argentines became well known for growing yerba mate . Misiones received many immigrants, mostly from Europe, coming mainly via Southern Brazil. Some came from Buenos Aires, and from Eastern Europe, in particular large numbers of Poles and Ukrainians . Since then , Misiones has continued to benefit economically and has developed politically within Argentina. It has been successfully integrated into

448-590: The Jesuits established a string of Jesuit Reductions , most notably that of San Ignacio (founded in 1610). In a few years they set up 30 mission villages. They taught the Guarani western-style agriculture and crafts. Their crafts were sold and traded along the river and they shared in the Reductions' prosperity. In 1759 the Portuguese government, at the insistence of its anti-Jesuit Secretary of State ,

480-558: The Paraná River is now confined by two dams, one of them Yaciretá, downstream of the river, and the other Itaipú , located in Brazil and Paraguay, upstream of the river and north of Puerto Iguazú . As of 2016 Argentina was pursuing an agreement with Paraguay to expand the reservoir works in order to double the facility's electricity production . Misiones is the second-smallest province after Tucumán . The Misiones plateau includes

512-797: The Paraná and the Uruguay and other land further west." Scobie states that "the political status of Misiones remained vague" and that Argentina gained the region "as a by-product of the Paraguayan war in the 1860s". The War of the Triple Alliance left Paraguay much impoverished, and Misiones benefited economically from belonging to Argentina. In 1876 the Argentine President Nicolás Avellaneda , assisted by his close friend, General Pietro Canestro (an Italian nobleman who devoted much of his life and wealth to

544-634: The achievement and sustainability of the peace in the region), proclaimed the Immigration and Colonization Law . This law fostered the immigration of European colonists in order to populate the vast unspoiled Argentinian territories. On 22 December 1881 the national government in Buenos Aires detached the National Territory of Misiones  [ es ] from the province of Corrientes. Several colonizing companies formed under

576-606: The ample production of roundwood without excessive impact on its ecosystem . The principal exploited trees are the Paraná pine , Guatambú, Cedar, Petiribí, Incense, Cane water-pipe, Anchico, Eucalyptus and Gueycá. Misiones' chief source of agricultural income, however, has long been the cultivation of yerba mate : Misiones is Argentina's leading producer (yielding about half a million tons, annually). Tea , citrus fruit and, in minor amounts, tobacco , sugar cane, rice , coffee, cocoa and coconut are also cultivated in Misiones. Light manufacturing and tourism also contribute to

608-566: The area on the basis that the Misiones population consisted of indigenous Guarani, the major ethnic group of Paraguay. In 1865, Paraguayan forces invaded Misiones again in what became the War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870). Following the defeat of Paraguay and its peace agreement with Argentina (eventually signed in 1876), Paraguay gave up its claim to the Misiones territory. Although Argentina had claimed Misiones since 1814, academics tend to interpret Argentine possession of Misiones as beginning with

640-457: The company premises Pipoil, broken in the early 21st century and revived a few years later. This move is that the ports on the Parana that formed the main means of communication (in the municipality stood Puerto Lapacho, and entered egresaba where most of the consumption and production) stopped working, causing a natural Scroll to the area near Route 12, vialmente better communicated with the rest of

672-468: The defeat of Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance. John Lynch writes that "the treaty of alliance [i.e. against Paraguay] contained secret clauses providing for the annexation of disputed territory in northern Paraguay by Brazil and regions in the east and west of Paraguay by Argentina [...]. After a long and harrowing war (1865–70), Argentina prised from a prostrate Paraguay territory in Misiones between

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704-551: The directorship would be combined with a state council of nine members and would be required to answer to a congress empowered to carry out legislation. After the resignation of José Rondeau following the unitarian defeat at the Battle of Cepeda , the office of Supreme Director was briefly assumed by Juan Pedro Aguirre . He endorsed the Buenos Aires Cabildo to name a governor for the province of Buenos Aires as

736-491: The driest. The exceptions are the north and higher altitude areas where precipitation is well distributed throughout the year. Snowfall has occurred at the higher hills. For example, during the winter of 1975, snowfall was observed and accumulated in Bernando de Irigoyen, one of the coldest towns in the province due to its high altitude 815 m (2,674 ft). Owing to the humid climate and high rainfall, relative humidity

768-474: The local economy, each adding about 13% to the total. The provincial government is divided into the usual three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoint the cabinet; the legislative; and the judiciary, headed by the Supreme Court. The Constitution of Misiones Province forms the formal law of the province. In Argentina, the most important law enforcement organization

800-488: The main characteristic is the presence of hills in the central and northern parts of the province leading to lower temperatures as a result of the higher elevation. Average annual rainfall ranges from a low of 1,870 millimetres (74 in) in the south to 2,360 millimetres (93 in) in the north. The rainfall pattern in the province has a bimodal distribution with two peaks occurring in Spring and Autumn with winters being

832-576: The national census of 2022. A part of the population is descendant of indigenous peoples (especially Guaranis ) and also Spanish who reached during the colonization and mixed with natives. Another part of the residents are descendants of European immigrants . Unlike many regions of Argentina, where the immigrants came through Buenos Aires , most of the immigrants who settled in Misiones came through Southern Brazil . The ethnic groups who settled in Misiones after Spaniards are Italians , Germans , Poles , Ukrainians , Swiss , Russians , Swedes , Danes and

864-474: The national congress dissolved itself on 16 February 1820, effectively ending the centralism in the national government and giving way to a new federal reorganization for the country, which was immediately formalized by the Treaty of Pilar on 23 February 1820. For the traditional liberal historiography, exemplified by Bartolomé Mitre 's works, the aftermath of the dissolution of the centralist government led to

896-431: The province. The main economic activities of the municipality are the cultivation of yerba mate industry and forestry. It also highlights plantations snuff, tea, citrus and cattle. The municipality has a population of 1,335 inhabitants according to the 2001 census (INDEC). The town of General Urquiza had 247 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001), 2% less than 253 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991) of the previous census. This article about

928-453: 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 . Indigenous peoples of various tribes lived in the area of the future province for thousands of years. At

960-777: The time of European encounter, the area was occupied by the Kaingang and Xokleng tribes, later followed by the Guarani tribe. The first European to visit the region, Sebastian Cabot , discovered Apipé Falls while navigating the Paraná River in December 1527. In 1541 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca reached the Iguazú Falls . In the 17th century, members of the Society of Jesus came to the region as missionaries, initially led by Diego de Torres Bello (1551-1638). From 1609 onwards

992-482: Was a title given to the executive officers of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata according to the form of government established in 1814 by the Asamblea del Año XIII (Assembly of Year XIII). The supreme director was to wield power for a term of two years. The assembly hoped to confront the royalists , who had been emboldened by internal dissension within the patriotic faction. To prevent abuses of power,

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1024-444: Was estimated at US$ 4.8 billion (which shall be around US$ 7.2 billion in 2011, according to Argentina's economical growing) or US$ 4,940 per capita (around US$ 6,500 in 2011), over 40% below the national average. Though its rainy, erosion-prone geography discourages intensive crop farming , agriculture makes an important contribution to the province's economy, adding about 10% to the total. Misiones' thick forests have long provided for

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