| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
ARG
|
| Continent |
South America
|
| Country Name |
Argentina
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
Provincia
|
Level2 Type
|
Departamento
|
| Number of Units |
499
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
72
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
32,295
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
33,973
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
35,858
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
32,527
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
34,768
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
37,032
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
2,736,391
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
74
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
1,091
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
2,724,824
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,006
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
28,458
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
465
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
5,235
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
9
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
124
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
57,648
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
13,059,690
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
5,008
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
65,965
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
30,673,878
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
2%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
85%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
88%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
443
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
22
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Provincia segun departamento. Poblacion censada en 1991 y 2001 y variacion intercensal absoluta y relativa 1991-2001: http://www.indec.gov.ar/principal.asp?id_tema=50. Censo Nacional de Poblacion, Hogares y Viviendas del ano 2001. Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Y Censos Argentina: http://www.indec.mecon.ar/webcenso/index.asp |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Atlas de Suelos de la Rep£blica Argentina. Inta y la Fundaci¢n Argentina. Prepared by the Centro Internacional de Agricultural Tropical (CIAT). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: CELADE, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2001, http://www.indec.mecon.ar/;City Population, www.citypopulation.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Celade, Map, NIMA |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Population centres with 2,000 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: "Based on the jpg Provincial boundary maps downloaded from Resultados Provinciales del Censo 2001 - Informaci¢n seleccionada (http://www.indec.mecon.ar/webcenso/provincias_2/provincias.asp), the following edits were made:(1) in Buenos Aires, the populations of Hurlingham, Ituzaing¢ are added to Mor¢n; Ezeiza added to Esteban Echeverr¡a; population of Presidente Per¢n added to San Vicente; population of Punta Indio added to Magdalena; Malvinas argentina added to Pilar; adn Jose C. Paz and San Miguel merged to form Gen Sarmineto.(2) In Provincia del Chaco, the polygons for 12 de Octubre and Fray Justo Santa Mar¡a de Oro are merged and their populations and the populations of 2 de Abril added together. (3) In Provincia de Entre R¡os, the polygons for Col¢n, Concordia and Villaguay are merged and their populations and San Salvador are added together. (4) In Provincia de Misiones, the population of Capital are added to Ap¢stoles. (5) In Tiera del Fuego, redistributed the population Ant rtida Argentina to Rio Grande and Ushuaia." |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
