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ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

Federal District, Provinces and Territories 1

Area: English sq. miles

Population I Po c p e u n 1 s a u i r Dec. 31, 1919 i"l4

Pop. per

sq. mile 1914

Territories — continued. Neuquen .... Rio Negro (Viedma). Chubut (Rawson) Santa Cruz (Gallegos). Tierra del Fuego (Ushuaia) Los Andes (San Antonio de Los Cobres)

40,530

79,805

93,427

109,142

8,299

34,740

32,472 1 28,866 46,602 ! 42,242 27,722 23,065 11,355 ! 9,948 2,548 | 2,504

2,628 j 2,487

0-71 052 0-24 0-09 0-30

07

Total

1,153,119

8,533,332 7,885,237

6-83

1 The Capitals are given in brackets. Where no name appears in brackets, the capital bears the same name as the province or territory.

Of the total in 1914, 4,227,023 were males and 3,658,214 females. Of the population on January 1, 1918, 4,440,367 were males and 3,838,792 females.

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

Marriages

Births

Deaths

Immigrants Emigrants

1915 . . 1 46,699

1916 . . 47,271

1917 . . 44,306

1918 • • —

2S3.176 280,854 276,355 271,980

124,008

136,687 130,622 146,775

83,019 75,381 51,665 50,062

148,025 122,828 83,99t> 5D.W8

In the years 1857-1917 t

tie number o

f immigrant

s by sea wa,

5 4„812,729.

By the Constitution of the Republic, all children of foreigners born in the country are Argentine.

Population of the capital, Buenos Aires, on June 1, 1914 (census), was 1,575,814 (on December 31, 1920, it was estimated at 1,674,000) ; Rosario (Santa Fe), 222,592; Cordoba, 104,894 (on November 30, 1918, 156,000) ; La Plata, 90,436; Avellaneda, 46,277 ; Tueuman, 91,216 ; Bahia Blanca. 44,143 ; Santa Fe\ 59,574 ; Mendoza, 58,790 ; Parana, 36,089 ; Salta, 28,436 ; Lomas de Zamora, 22,231 ; Rio Cuarto, 18,421 ; Corrientes, 28,681 ; Quilmes, 19,311 ; Concordia, 20,107 ; Mar del Plata, 27,611 ; Santiago del Estero, 23,479 ; Chivilcoy, 23,241 ; Resistencia, 8,387; Meroedes (San Luis), 18,256; Tandil, 15,784; Junin, 21,172; Bell-Ville, 8,732; Gualeguaychii, 17,880; Pergamino, 20,549; San Juan, 16,631; Catamarca, 13,262; Posadas, 10,128 ; La Rioja, 8,245 ; Jujuy, 7,622.

Religion and Instruction.

There is no State religion, though the Roman Catholic religion is sup- ported by the State ; all other creeds are tolerated and freedom of conscience prevails. There are 1 archbishop (Buenos Aires) and 10 suffragan bishops. For the clergy there are 8 seminaries. In 1888 civil marriage was established in the Republic.