Litoral

The Argentine river country, where the immigrants landed and the wars over the port were fought. The Litoral is the provinces along the Parana and Uruguay rivers - Entre Rios, Corrientes, Santa Fe and Misiones - which were the route inland before railways and the ground on which the nineteenth-century conflict between Buenos Aires and the interior was settled. Justo Jose de Urquiza, governor of Entre Rios, overthrew Rosas at Caseros in 1852 and produced the 1853 constitution, and the region's federalist caudillos are national figures. Jesuit missions to the Guarani were concentrated in Misiones from the seventeenth century, and their ruins at San Ignacio are a World Heritage site. Guarani is still spoken along the Paraguayan border. Italian, Spanish, German, Swiss and Jewish agricultural colonies were settled here from the 1850s - the Jewish gauchos of Entre Rios are the best known. Yerba mate, rice and citrus grow in the subtropical north. Iguazu Falls are on the Brazilian border. The Parana delta near Buenos Aires is one of the largest in the world. The region covers the provinces along the two great rivers north of Buenos Aires. Rosario, in Santa Fe, is Argentina's third city and the main grain port. The Parana is the second longest river in South America. Corrientes and Misiones are subtropical and hold the country's only rainforest. Chamame is the region's characteristic music. The Ibera wetlands are among the largest in South America and are being restocked with jaguars after a century without them. Entre Rios means between rivers, which describes the province exactly.

• Existed: 1588 CE – present
• Type: Entity