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BULLETIN 1409, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTTJRE 
and about four times the size of Texas. For political purposes 
Argentina is divided into 14 Provinces and 10 national Territories, 
which compare with various States as shown in Table 2. 
Table 2. 
-Area of Provinces and Territories of Argentina compared with States of 
the United States 
Argentina 
United States 
Provinces and Territories 
Area 
States 
Area 
Provinces: 
Buenos Aires. 
Acres 
75, 395, 000 
42, 835, 000 
36, 170, 000 
35, 995, 000 
32, 594, 000 
30, 921, 000 
24, 290, 000 
24, 240, 000 
23, 558, 000 
21, 468, 000 
18, 720, 000 
18, 648, 000 
9,476,000 
6, 672, 000 
69, 868, 000 
59, 808, 000 
51, 088, 000 
36, 054, 000 ' 
33, 770, 000 
27, 108, 000 
26, 503, 000 
20, 230, 000 
7, 222, 000 
5, 312, 000 
Texas 
Acres 
167, 934, 720 
99, 617, 280 
93, 523, 840 
California ... 
Montana ...... 
New Mexico. . ... . 
78, 401, 920 
Arizona. ... .. 
72, 838, 400 
Cordoba 
Washington . . 
42, 775, 040 
Georgia. .. .. 
37, 584, 000 
Mendoza 
Michigan 
36. 787, 200 
Santiago del Estero. 
Wisconsin „ . .. 
35, 363, 840 
Florida. . ..... . 
35, 111, 040 
Santa Fe 
Alabama ... 
32, 818, 560 
Salta 
31, 193, 6C0 
New York ... . _ 
30, 498, 560 
La Rioja ... .. 
Virginia ... . ... . 
25, 767, 680 
Kentucky . . ... 
25, 715, 840 
23, 068, 800 
EntreRios.. . . _ ... 
19, 132. 800 
15, 374, 080 
West Virginia 
Jujuv.. •__ ... 
Tucuman 
6, 362, 240 
5, 839, 360 
Vermont . . 
New Hampshire . 
5, 779, 840 
Territories: 
Santa Cruz 
70, 285, 440 
Colorado. . . ... 
66, 341, 120 
Wvoming ..... . 
62, 430, 720 
Chubut 
61, 188, 480 
53, 346, 5C0 
Idaho ... . .... 
Utah 
52, 597, 760 
52, 335, 360 
51,749,120 
South Dakota.. ... ... 
49, 195, 520 
49, 157, 120 
North Dakota ... .. 
44, 917, 120 
Oklahoma . . . . .... 
44, 424, 960 
Missouri. 
43, 985, 280 
La Pampa 
Illinois . .... 
35, 867, 520 
Iowa. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 
35, 575, 040 
Chaco 
33, 616, 000 
Mississippi. ..... .. 
29, 671, 680 
Louisiana. _ 
29, 061, 760 
28, 692, 480 
Tennessee. ... . . _. 
26, 679, 680 
Ohio. 
26, 073, 600 
19, 516, 800 
South Carolina. .. . 
Misiones . . 
Massachusetts. 
Tierra del Fuego . 
5, 144, 960 
4, 808, 960 
Connecticut ... ... 
3, 084, 800 
Delaware _ ... . 
1, 257, 600 
682,880 
District of Columbia.. . . . 
38,400 
Total United States 
737, 945, 000 
1,903,215,360 
The largest Province, Buenos Aires, is about the same size as New 
Mexico. The smallest Territory, Tierra del Fuego, is a little larger 
than Massachusetts. 
TOPOGRAPHY 
Generally it may be said that Argentina slopes from an altitude 
of 20,000 feet in the Andes on the west and northwest to sea level in 
a southeasterly direction. The northwestern third and the western 
