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and general administration, and its decisions are carried out by the executive. Other municipalities have constitutions ot a similar nature.

Area and Population.

Provinces and Territories

Area: Engl. sq. miles

Buenos Aires (city). Buenos Aires (province) Santa Fe. Entre Rios Corrientes La Rioja. Catamarca. San Juan. Mendoza. Cordoba. San Luis. Santiago del Estero Tucuman. Salta Jujuy

Misiones (territory) Formosa ,,

Chaco ,,

Pampa ,,

Rio Negro ,, Neuquen ,,

Chubut, ,

Santa Cruz ,, Tierradel Fuego ,, Los Andes ,,

Total

72 117,777 50,713 29,241 33,535 37,839 36,800 37,865 56,502 66,912 29,035 55,385 10,422 48,302 14,802 11,511 41,402 52,741 56,320 79,805 40,530 93,427 109,142 8,299 34,740

Population

1895.

Census

Population

1911. Estimated

1,153,119

663,854

921,168

379,188

292,019

239,618

69,502

90,161

84,251

116,136

351,223

81,450

161,502

215,742

118,015

49,713

33,163

4,829

10,422

25,914

9,241

14,517

3,748

1,058

477 3,954,911

1,314,163

1,921,183

879,935

382,794

336,218

91,365

113,264

121,143

238,316

610,475

120.634

221,683

314,234

153,192

63,311

44,950

16,200

33,500

90,250

34,000

29,000

30,000

6,500

2,500

3,100

Pop. per

sq. mile

1911

7,171,910

18,252-2

16-3

17-3

13-0

100

2-4

3-

3'

4

9-

4"

4'

30-2

3-2

4-3

3-9

0-4

0-6

1-6

0-4

0-7

0-3

0-3

6-2

The Indian population is put at 30,000.

The movement of population for four years is given as follows :—

1908 1909 1910 1911

Marriages

51,024 51,262

Births

267,428 294,225

Deaths

136,591 151,331

Immigrants

255,710 231,084 289,640 225,772

Emigrants

85,412

94,644

97,854

107,632

In the years 1857-1911 the number of immigrants by sea was 3,924,9o2, comprising 2,052,925 Italians, 1,132,460 Spaniards, 201,732 French 115,827 Russians, 74,191 Austrians, 89,442 Syrians, 48,526 Britons, 50,/31 Germans, 30,619 Swiss, 16,419 Portuguese, 5,01.0 North Americans. ^

The emigrants in the years 1857-1911 numbered 1,156,871, leaving a balance in favour of the former of 2,768,081. , i -, -, co-io-

In 1911 the number of immigrants to the Republic included 58,18o