Corrientes Province

Corrientes Taragüí (Guaraní)
Province
Clockwise from top: Iberá Wetlands, Corrientes City, Playa Pelicano in Paso de la Patria, Paraná River.
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Corrientes within Argentina
Coordinates: 28°40′S 57°38′W / 28.66°S 57.63°W / -28.66; -57.63Coordinates: 28°40′S 57°38′W / 28.66°S 57.63°W / -28.66; -57.63
Country	Argentina
Capital	Corrientes
Departments	25
Municipalities	67
Official languages	Spanish, Guaraní
Government
• Governor	Ricardo Colombi (UCR)
• Deputies	7
• Senators	3
Area Ranked 16th
• Total	88,199 km2 (34,054 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	992,595
• Rank	11th
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	correntino
Time zone	ART (UTC−3)
ISO 3166 code	AR-W
Website	www.corrientes.gov.ar

Corrientes (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈrjentes], lit. ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; Guarani: Taragui Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (from the north, clockwise): Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.

Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, the Kaingang, Charrua and Guaraní lived in a big area that also covered most of the current province of Corrientes. The city of Corrientes was founded on April 3, 1588 by Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón as a mid-stop between Asunción and Buenos Aires; the city flourished thanks to the traffic from the route. Jesuits erected missions in the north of the province, where they dedicated themselves to the expansion of the faith. In the wars of independence from Spain, Corrientes joined Artigas' Liga de los Pueblos Libres (1814–1820). The attack of Paraguayan forces on the province in 1865 marked the start of the War of the Triple Alliance.

In 1919 the National University of the Littoral was founded, which in 1956 became the National University of the Northeast.