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{{short description|Province of Argentina}}
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{{redirect|Misiones|the department in Paraguay|Misiones, Paraguay}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Misiones
| official_name                   = {{raise|0.2em|Province of Misiones}}<br>{{nobold|{{lang|es|Provincia de Misiones}} {{small|([[Spanish language|Spanish]])}}}}
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| image_caption                   = View of the [[Alto Paraná Atlantic forests]]
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| anthem                          = ''Misionerita'' (The Song for the Child of Misiones)
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| p1                              = [[Departments of Argentina|Departments]]: [[#Political division|17]]
| p2                              = [[Municipalities of Argentina|Municipalities]]: 78
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| seat_type                       = [[Capital city|Capital]]
| seat                            = [[Posadas, Misiones|Posadas]]
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| leader_title                    = [[Governor of Misiones Province|Governor]]
| leader_name                     = [[Hugo Passalacqua]] ([[Front for the Renewal of Concord|FRC]])
| leader_title1                   = Vice Governor
| leader_name1                    = [[Lucas Romero Spinelli]] ([[Front for the Renewal of Concord|FRC]])
| leader_title2                   = [[Chamber of Representatives of Misiones|Legislature]]
| leader_name2                    = 40
| leader_title3                   = [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputies]]
| leader_name3                    = [[List of current Argentine deputies|7]]
| leader_title4                   = [[Argentine Senate|National Senators]]
| leader_name4                    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Carlos Omar Arce]] ([[Front for the Renewal of Concord|FRC]])
* [[Enrique Martín Goerling Lara|Enrique Goerling Lara]] ([[Republican Proposal|PRO]])
* [[Sonia Elizabeth Rojas Decut|Sonia Rojas Decut]] ([[Front for the Renewal of Concord|FRC]])
}}
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| population_total                = 1,280,960
| population_as_of                = 2022 census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2023/01/31/nuevos-datos-provisorios-del-censo-2022-argentina-tiene-46044703-habitantes/ |title=Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes |publisher=Infobae |date=31 January 2023 |access-date=2023-02-03}}</ref>
| population_rank                 = [[List of Argentine provinces by population|9th]]
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_demonym              = ''misionero''
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| demographics_type2 = GDP
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| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = peso 445 billion<br />(US$17 billion) (2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=PBG Misiones|url=https://www.atm.misiones.gob.ar/index.php/informacion-fiscal-n/documentacion-y-estadisticas/graficos-de-recaudacion}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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| iso_code                        = [[ISO 3166-2:AR|AR-N]]
| blank_name                      = '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]''' (2021)
| blank_info                      = 0.842 {{color|darkgreen|very high}} ([[List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index|11th]])<ref name="ArgentinaHDI">{{cite web|title=El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina|url=https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-11/PNUD_ElMapaDelDesarrollo_FINAL_1.pdf|work=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=25 June 2023}}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|www.misiones.gov.ar}}
| footnotes                       = 
}}
'''Misiones''' ({{IPA|es|miˈsjones}}, ''Missions'') is one of the [[Provinces of Argentina|23 provinces]] of [[Argentina]], located in the northeastern corner of the country in the [[Mesopotamia, Argentina|Mesopotamia]] region. It is surrounded by [[Paraguay]] to the northwest, [[Brazil]] to the north, east and south, and [[Corrientes Province]] of Argentina to the southwest.

This was an early area of [[Roman Catholic]] [[missionary]] activity by the [[Jesuits]] in what was then called the province of Paraguay, beginning in the early 17th century. In 1984, the ruins of four mission sites in Argentina were designated [[World Heritage Sites]] by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{wdl|2835}} |author=Garriga, Antonio |date=1713 |title=Instruccion practica para ordenar santamente la vidà; que ofrece el P. Antonio Garriga de la Compania de Iesus. Como brebe memorial, y recuerdo à los que hazen los exercicios espirituales de S. Ignacio de Loyola fundador de la misma Compañia |trans-title=Practical Instruction to Order One’s Life According to Saintly Precepts: Offered by Father Antonio Garriga of the Society of Jesus. As a Brief Memorial and Memento of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society |work=[[World Digital Library]] |language=es |location=Misiones, Argentina |access-date=7 June 2013 }}</ref>

==History==
{{see also|History of yerba mate}}
[[Image:Ruins of the São Miguel das Missões.jpg|thumb|left|240px|1846 impression of [[San Ignacio Miní]], a Jesuit Reduction, abandoned following the temporary abolition of the order in 1773]]

Indigenous peoples of various tribes lived in the area of the future province for thousands of years. At the time of European encounter, the area was occupied by the [[Kaingang]] and [[Xokleng people|Xokleng]] tribes, later followed by the [[Guarani people|Guarani]] tribe. The first European to visit the region, [[Sebastian Cabot (explorer)|Sebastian Cabot]], discovered Apipé Falls while navigating the [[Paraná River]] in December 1527. In 1541 [[Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca]] reached the [[Iguazu Falls|Iguazú Falls]].

In the 17th century, members of the [[Society of Jesus]] came to the region as missionaries, initially led by [[Diego de Torres Bello]] (1551-1638). From 1609 onwards the Jesuits established a string of [[Jesuit Reductions|Jesuit ''Reductions'']], most notably that of [[San Ignacio Miní|San Ignacio]] (founded in 1610). In a few years they set up 30 mission villages.  They taught the Guarani western-style agriculture and crafts. Their crafts were sold and traded along the river and they shared in the Reductions' prosperity.

In 1759 the [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] government, at the insistence of its anti-Jesuit [[Secretary of State]], the [[Marquis de Pombal]], ordered all Reductions closed in [[colonial Brazil|its territory]] (which then included much of present-day Misiones Province). The Marquis eventually prevailed in 1773 on [[Pope Clement XIV]] to have the Jesuit Order [[Suppression of the Jesuits|suppressed]].  With the abandoning of the missions, the prosperous trade surrounding these Reductions quickly vanished. Colonists imposed a brutal [[plantation]] economy in the region, forcing the Guarani to act as [[slavery|slave labor]].

[[Image:Puerto de Posadas 1892.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Steamer on the riverbank at Posadas in 1892]]

In 1814, [[Gervasio Posadas]], the [[Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata|Director]] of the [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]], declared Misiones annexed to Argentina's [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]] (at this time Argentina was quasi-independent but nominally still a Spanish colony). Argentina did not exert ''de facto'' control over Misiones, which was claimed by several countries and effectively governed itself. In 1830 Argentine military forces from [[Corrientes Province]] took control of Misiones.

In 1838, Paraguay occupied Misiones, claiming the area on the basis that the Misiones population consisted of indigenous Guarani, the major ethnic group of Paraguay. In 1865, Paraguayan forces invaded Misiones again in what became the [[Paraguayan War|War of the Triple Alliance]] (1864–1870). Following the defeat of Paraguay and its peace agreement with Argentina (eventually signed in 1876), Paraguay gave up its claim to the Misiones territory.

[[File:Misiones a principios del siglo XX.jpg|thumb|left|Argentines in Misiones at the beginning of the 20th century]]
Although Argentina had claimed Misiones since 1814, academics tend to interpret Argentine possession of Misiones as beginning with the defeat of Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance. [[John Lynch (historian)|John Lynch]] writes that "the [[Treaty of the Triple Alliance|treaty of alliance]] [i.e. against Paraguay] contained secret clauses providing for the annexation of disputed territory in northern Paraguay by Brazil and regions in the east and west of Paraguay by Argentina [...]. After a long and harrowing war (1865–70), Argentina prised from a prostrate Paraguay territory in Misiones between the Paraná and the Uruguay and other land further west."<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Lynch
 |first1               = John
 |author-link1         = John Lynch (historian)
 |editor-last1         = Bethell
 |editor-first1        = Leslie
 |editor-link1         = Leslie Bethell
 |date                 = 29 October 1993
 |orig-date            = 1985
 |chapter              = From independence to national organization
 |title                = Argentina Since Independence
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=7gZ1l3rsCvMC
 |publication-place    = Cambridge
 |publisher            = Cambridge University Press
 |pages                 = 45, 46
 |isbn                 = 9780521439886
 |access-date          = 2 May 2023
}}
</ref>
Scobie states that "the political status of Misiones remained vague" and that Argentina gained the region "as a by-product of the Paraguayan war in the 1860s".<ref>Scobie ''Argentina'' [[Oxford University Press]], 1964, pages 22–3</ref>

[[Image:Ukrainian immigrants cropping yerba mate in Tres Capones, Misiones.jpg|thumb|left|240px|[[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] immigrants harvest [[yerba mate]] in 1920. Despite challenging conditions, Misiones attracted considerable European immigration in the early 20th-century]]

The War of the Triple Alliance left Paraguay much impoverished, and Misiones benefited economically from belonging to Argentina.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} In 1876 the Argentine President [[Nicolás Avellaneda]], assisted by his close friend, General Pietro Canestro (an Italian nobleman who devoted much of his life and wealth to the achievement and sustainability of the peace in the region), proclaimed the [[Immigration in Argentina|Immigration and Colonization Law]]. This law fostered the immigration of European colonists<ref>
{{cite journal
| last1                 = Hines
| first1                = Barbara
| author-link1          = Barbara Hines (lawyer)
| title                 = The Right to Migrate as a Human Right: The Current Argentine Immigration Law
| url                   = https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/73976153.pdf
| journal               = Cornell International Law Journal
| publication-date      = Fall 2010
| volume                = 43
| issue                 = 3
| page                  = 479
| quote                 = In 1876, the Argentine government enacted its first immigration law, Law No. 817 of Immigration and Colonization, popularly known as the Avellaneda Law, which incorporated the protection of foreigners that had been enshrined in the law and reflected the constitutional principles of openness toward foreigners and enjoyment of rights on an equal basis with citizens.[...] During the period between 1869 and 1914, millions of primarily European immigrants arrived in Argentina.
| access-date           = 2 May 2023
}}
</ref>
in order to populate the vast unspoiled Argentinian territories.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

On 22 December 1881 the national government in Buenos Aires detached the {{ill|National Territory of  Misiones|es|Territorio nacional de Misiones}} from the province of Corrientes.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Eidt
 |first1               = Robert C.
 |year                 = 1971
 |title                = Pioneer Settlement in Northeast Argentina
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=xSxQAAAAMAAJ
 |publication-place    = Madison, Wisconsin
 |publisher            = University of Wisconsin Press
 |page                 = 77
 |isbn                 = 9780299059200
 |access-date          = 2 May 2023
 |quote                = On December 22, 1881, preparations for federalizing Misiones were completed and the area was declared a national Territory.
}} 
</ref>
[[File:Argentina - Misiones - Oberá - Fiesta del Inmigrante 2014 - Ballet Ucraniano Barvinok 12.JPG|thumb|right|Descendants of Slavs in Misiones]]

Several colonizing companies formed under the Immigration and Colonization Law. One of them, Adolf Schwelm's ''Eldorado Colonización y Explotación de Bosques Ltda. S.A.'', founded the city of [[Eldorado, Misiones|Eldorado]] in 1919 with a port on the Upper Paraná. Its agricultural colonies and experimental farms, the orange- and grapefruit-tree plantations, and the cultivation of yerba mate, the mills and the dryers for such product are characteristic of this area. [[Swedish-Argentines]] became well known for growing [[yerba mate]].

Misiones received many immigrants, mostly from Europe, coming mainly via Southern Brazil. Some came from Buenos Aires, and from Eastern Europe, in particular large numbers of [[Polish minority in Argentina|Poles]] and [[Ukrainians of Argentina|Ukrainian]]s. Since then{{when|date=February 2016}}, Misiones has continued to benefit economically{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} and has developed politically within Argentina. It has been successfully integrated into the Argentine state.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} {{As of | 2016}} control of the province is not contested. On December 10, 1953, the "National Territory of Misiones" gained [[provinces of Argentina|provincial]] status in accordance with Law 14.294, and its constitution was approved on April 21, 1958.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Jusionyte
 |first1               = Ieva
 |year                 = 2015
 |title                = Savage Frontier: Making News and Security on the Argentine Border
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=6NyDDwAAQBAJ
 |publication-place    = Oakland, California
 |publisher            = Univ of California Press
 |page                 = 70
 |isbn                 = 9780520286474
 |access-date          = 2 May 2023
 |quote                = In 1953 the National Territory of Misiones became a province and, when in 1958 its constitution was approved, state-building in the region was officially over.
}} 
</ref>

Misiones received more attention from national policy-makers following a 1973 international agreement to construct the [[Yacyretá]] hydroelectric dam on a point in the [[Paraná River]] shared by Paraguay and Corrientes Province. When the dam became fully operative in the 1990s, the Paraná's waters all along the Misiones shores rose. They flooded lands that the dam's authorities had failed to clear and condition adequately, resulting in the onset of mosquito-transmitted illnesses, such as [[leishmaniasis]], [[yellow fever]], [[dengue]], and [[malaria]]. The entire Misiones shores along the Paraná River is now confined by two dams, one of them Yaciretá, downstream of the river, and the other [[Itaipu dam|Itaipú]], located in Brazil and Paraguay, upstream of the river and north of [[Puerto Iguazú]]. {{As of | 2016}} Argentina was pursuing an agreement with Paraguay to expand the reservoir works in order to double the facility's [[Electricity sector in Argentina|electricity production]].

== Geography ==
Misiones is the second-smallest province after [[Tucumán Province|Tucumán]].
[[File:1 iguazu falls.jpg|thumb|240px|View of [[Iguazú Falls]] in the [[Iguazú National Park]]]]
[[File:Misiones - Parque provincial Salto Encantado desde ruta 7 (2).jpg|thumb|240px|The [[Alto Paraná Atlantic forests]]]]
The Misiones plateau includes a part of Brazil across the border. The rocks contain significant quantities of iron which forms a part of the soil, giving it a reddish color. At the center of the plateau rises the Sierra de Misiones, its highest peak, 843 m, near Bernardo de Irigoyen, in the Cerro Rincón.

The province is embraced by three big rivers including the [[Paraná River|Paraná]], [[Uruguay River|Uruguay]] and [[Iguazú River|Iguazú]]. [[Iguazu Falls]] are spectacular [[waterfall]]s on the Iguazú River in the northwest corner of the province, near the city of [[Puerto Iguazú]]. Misiones shares the falls with the Brazilian state of [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]] (in that nation's Southern Region). Meanwhile, the international border with [[Paraguay]] is close by.

=== Climate ===
{{see also|Climate of Argentina|Climatic regions of Argentina}}
[[File:Koppen-Geiger Map v2 ARG Misiones 1991–2020.svg|left|thumb|200x200px|Köppen climate map of Misiones Province]]
The province has a [[humid subtropical climate]] characterized by a lack of a dry season and abundant rainfall throughout the year.<ref name=turismoclima>{{cite web|url=http://www.misiones.tur.ar/es/geografia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330035342/http://www.misiones.tur.ar/es/geografia/ |archive-date=30 March 2017 |title=Geografía |publisher=Ministerio de Turismo |language=es |access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], it is classified as ''Cfa''.<ref name=IRNclima>{{cite web|url=http://www.misiones.tur.ar/es/geografia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925103809/http://www.mineria.gov.ar/estudios/irn/misiones/m-1.asp |archive-date=25 September 2011 |title=Provincia de Misiones–Clima y Meteorologia |publisher=Secretaria de Mineria de la Nacion (Argentina) |language=es |access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> There are four distinct seasons although winters and autumns are fairly short.<ref name=IRNclima/> The mean annual temperature is around {{convert|21|C|F|0}}.<ref name=turismoclima/> June–August typically register the coldest days when temperatures can fall below {{convert|10|C|F|0}}.<ref name=turismoclima/> However, rare incursions of polar air into the province from the south can lead to frost.<ref name=IRNclima/> Summers are hot with temperatures exceeding {{convert|32|C|F|0}} from December to February.<ref name=turismoclima/> One of the main characteristic is the presence of hills in the central and northern parts of the province leading to lower temperatures as a result of the higher elevation.<ref name=IRNclima/> Average annual rainfall ranges from a low of {{convert|1870|mm|in|0}} in the south to {{convert|2360|mm|in|0}} in the north.{{sfn|Rubio|2018|p=185}} The rainfall pattern in the province has a [[bimodal]] distribution with two peaks occurring in Spring and Autumn with winters being the driest.{{sfn|Rubio|2018|p=185}} The exceptions are the north and higher altitude areas where precipitation is well distributed throughout the year.{{sfn|Rubio|2018|p=185}} Snowfall has occurred at the higher hills.<ref name=IRNclima/> For example, during the winter of 1975, snowfall was observed and accumulated in [[Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones|Bernardo de Irigoyen]], one of the coldest towns in the province due to its high altitude {{convert|815|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=IRNclima/> Owing to the humid climate and high rainfall, relative humidity is high.<ref name=IRNclima/>

The vegetation is the so-called "{{Interlanguage link|Selva Misionera|es|3=Selva misionera}}". Part of it has been transformed by mankind to implant cultures and ranching. The original biome is protected in [[Iguazú National Park]], part of the [[Alto Paraná Atlantic forests]], in turn part of the [[Atlantic Forest]] [[biome]].

== Demographics ==
[[File:Misiones 2022 population pyramid.svg|thumb|Misiones population pyramid (2022 census)]]
[[File:Argentina - Misiones - Oberá - Fiesta del Inmigrante 2014 - Desfile Inaugural 18.JPG |thumb|Children from the Misiones Province during the XXXIV [[Immigrant's Festival|Immigrant Festival]]]]

There are 1,280,960 people living in Misiones according to the national census of 2022. A part of the population is descendant of indigenous peoples (especially [[Guaranis]]) and also Spanish who reached during the colonization and mixed with natives. Another part of the residents are descendants of European [[Immigration to Argentina|immigrants]]. Unlike many regions of Argentina, where the immigrants came through [[Buenos Aires]], most of the immigrants who settled in Misiones came through [[Southern Brazil]]. The ethnic groups who settled in Misiones after Spaniards are [[Italian people|Italians]], [[German people|Germans]], [[Polish people|Poles]], [[Ukrainian people|Ukrainians]], [[Swiss (people)|Swiss]], [[Russian people|Russians]], [[Swedish people|Swedes]], [[Danish people|Danes]] and a small number of [[Arabs]], [[Japanese people|Japanese]] and, recently, [[Laotians]] (in the late 1970s) and [[Chinese people|Chinese]] (in the 2000s). From the 1960s, the province has also received immigrants from [[Brazil]] (mostly descendants of East Europeans) and [[Paraguay]] (mostly descendants both of indigenous peoples and Spaniards).

The literacy rate is 91.4%.

== Economy ==
[[Image:Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Iguazú PLANTA BAJA.JPG|thumb|240px|right|Terminal at [[Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport|Puerto Iguazu International Airport]]]]
[[Image:Plantación de yerba mate, Misiones.jpg|thumb|left|Yerba mate plantation]]

Misiones' [[economics|economy]], like most in northern Argentina, is relatively underdeveloped yet fairly well-diversified. Its 2006 output was estimated at US$4.8 billion (which shall be around US$7.2 billion in 2011, according to Argentina's economical growing) or US$4,940 per capita (around US$6,500 in 2011), over 40% below the national average.<ref>[http://www.iader.org.ar/ I.A.D.E.R<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Though its rainy, erosion-prone geography discourages [[intensive crop farming]], [[agriculture]] makes an important contribution to the province's economy, adding about 10% to the total. Misiones' thick forests have long provided for the ample production of roundwood without excessive impact on its [[ecosystem]]. The principal exploited trees are the [[Araucaria angustifolia|Paraná pine]], Guatambú, Cedar, Petiribí, Incense, Cane water-pipe, Anchico, Eucalyptus and Gueycá.

Misiones' chief source of agricultural income, however, has long been the cultivation of [[yerba mate]]: Misiones is Argentina's leading producer (yielding about half a million tons, annually).  [[Tea]], citrus fruit and, in minor amounts, [[tobacco]], sugar cane, [[rice]], coffee, [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]] and [[coconut]] are also cultivated in Misiones.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}

Light [[manufacturing]] and [[tourism]] also contribute to the local economy, each adding about 13% to the total.

== Government ==
[[Image:Casa-de-gobierno-misiones.jpg|thumb|Governor's offices, Posadas]]
The provincial government is divided into the usual three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoint the cabinet; the legislative; and the judiciary, headed by the Supreme Court.
{{main|	Chamber of Representatives of Misiones |Governor of Misiones Province }}
The Constitution of Misiones Province forms the formal law of the province.
[[File:161° aniversario de la Policía de Misiones - Acto de la Unidad Regional IX (Jardín América) 04.jpg|thumb|The provincial police of Misiones]]
In Argentina, the most important law enforcement organization is the [[Argentine Federal Police]] but the additional work is carried out by the [[Misiones Provincial Police]].

== Political division ==
[[Image:Depmisiones.jpg|thumb|Misiones Province, Political Division]]

The province is divided in 17 [[Departments of Argentina|departments]] (Spanish: ''departamentos''):

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Department
! Capital
|-
| [[Apóstoles Department]] || [[Apóstoles]]
|-
| [[Cainguás Department]] || [[Campo Grande, Misiones|Campo Grande]]
|-
| [[Candelaria Department]] || [[Santa Ana, Misiones|Santa Ana]]
|-
| [[Capital Department, Misiones|Capital Department]] || [[Posadas, Misiones|Posadas]]
|-
| [[Concepción de la Sierra Department]] || [[Concepción de la Sierra]]
|-
| [[Eldorado Department]] || [[Eldorado, Misiones|Eldorado]]
|-
| [[General Manuel Belgrano Department]] || [[Bernardo de Irigoyen, Misiones|Bernardo de Irigoyen]]
|-
| [[Guaraní Department]] || [[El Soberbio]]
|-
| [[Iguazú Department]] || [[Puerto Esperanza, Misiones|Puerto Esperanza]]
|-
| [[Leandro N. Alem Department]] || [[Leandro N. Alem, Misiones]]
|-
| [[Libertador General San Martín, Misiones|Libertador General San Martín Department]] || [[Puerto Rico, Misiones|Puerto Rico]]
|-
| [[Montecarlo Department]] || [[Montecarlo, Misiones|Montecarlo]]
|-
| [[Oberá Department]] || [[Oberá, Misiones|Oberá]]
|-
| [[San Ignacio Department, Misiones|San Ignacio]] || [[San Ignacio, Argentina|San Ignacio]]
|-
| [[San Javier Department, Misiones|San Javier Department]] || [[San Javier, Misiones|San Javier]]
|-
| [[San Pedro Department, Misiones|San Pedro Department]] || [[San Pedro, Misiones|San Pedro]]
|-
| [[Veinticinco de Mayo Department, Misiones|Veinticinco de Mayo Department]] || [[Alba Posse]]
|}

==Notable people==
* [[Clotilde González de Fernández]] (1880-1935), pioneer of education in Misiones Province

==Twinning and cooperation==
Misiones is twinned with:
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]], [[France]] (since 2012)

== Villages ==
<!---♦♦♦ Only add a location to this list if they already have their own article on the English Wikipedia ♦♦♦---> 
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦--->
{{cmn|colwidth=20em|rules=yes|
*[[Almafuerte, Misiones|Almafuerte]]
*[[Campo Ramón]]
*[[Cerro Azul, Misiones|Cerro Azul]]
*[[Cerro Corá, Misiones|Cerro Corá]]
*[[Colonia Alberdi]]
*[[Colonia Aurora]]
*[[Colonia Delicia]]
*[[Colonia Polana]]
*[[Fachinal, Misiones|Fachinal]]
*[[Florentino Ameghino, Misiones|Florentino Ameghino]]
*[[Garuhapé-Mi]]
*[[Gobernador López]]
*[[Gobernador Roca]]
*[[Itacaruaré]]
*[[Los Helechos]]
*[[Olegario Víctor Andrade, Misiones|Olegario Víctor Andrade]]
*[[Profundidad, Misiones|Profundidad]]
*[[San Martín, Misiones|San Martín]]
}}

== See also ==
* [[Hito Tres Fronteras]]
* [[Yaciretá dam]]
* [[Immigrant's Festival]]
* [[History of yerba mate]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

===Books===
* {{cite book |last1=Rubio |first1=Gerardo |last2=Lavado |first2=Raul |last3=Pereyra |first3=Fernando |title=The Soils of Argentina |publisher=Springer |year=2018 |isbn=978-3-319-76853-3 |ref={{sfnRef|Rubio|2018}}|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-76853-3 |s2cid=199492966 }}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Misiones Province}}
*[http://www.misiones.gov.ar/ Gobierno de la Provincia de Misiones] Official website {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060714055811/http://www.intellectbooks.com/europa/number10/halipi.htm French Culture in Misiones]
*[http://www.guiafe.com.ar/fotos-argentina/categories.php?cat_id=26 Pictures of Misiones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210063532/http://www.guiafe.com.ar/fotos-argentina/categories.php?cat_id=26 |date=2010-12-10 }}

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[[Category:Misiones Province]]
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