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I59,78o San Juan ... 33,7'S 84,251 99,955 Rioja ... 34-546 69,502 82,099 Catamarca ... 47,531 90,161 103,082 Tucuman ... 8,926 215,742 263,079 Salta .... 62,184 118,015 136,059 Jujuy. ... Territories — 18,977 49,713 55,450 Misiones ... 11,282 33,163 38,755 Formosa ... 41,402 4,829 6,094 Chaco ... 52,741 10,422 13,937 Pampa ... 56,320 25,9H 52,150 Neuquen ... 42,345 14,517 18,022 Rio Negro 75,924 9,241 18,648 Chubut . 93,427 3,748 9,060 Santa Cruz 109,142 1,058 i,793 Tierra del Fuego 8,299 1,411 Los Andes 21,989 2,095 Total . 1,135,840 3,954,9" 5,410,028 Gotha computations of 1902 with corrections for boundary changes . 1,083,596 The principal towns, with estimated population for 1905, are as follows: Buenos Aires (1,025,653), Rosario (129,121), La Plata (85,000), Tucuman (55,000), C6rdoba (43,000), Sante F6 (33,200), Mendoza (32,000), Parana (27,000), Salta (18,000), Corrientes (18,000), Chivilcoy (15,000), Gualeguaychu (13,300), San Nicolas (13,000), Concordia (11,700), San Juan (11,500), Rio Cuarto (10,800), San Luis (10,500), Barracas al Sud (10,200).

Communications. — The development of railways in Argentina, which dates from 1857 when the construction of the Buenos Aires Western was begun, was at first slow and hesitating, but after 1880 it went forward rapidly. Official corruption and speculation have led to some unsound ventures, but in the great majority of cases the