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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
