General Belgrano Bridge, connecting the city of Corrientes with neighboring Resistencia, to the west.

Corrientes, like much of the Argentine north, has long had relatively underdeveloped economy. Its 2006 output was estimated at US$4.2 billion, or, US$4,540 per capita (about half the national average).

Agriculture is still one of the main activities in the province, adding 15% to its output. It's centred in citrus, tobacco, rice, tea, cotton and yerba mate, for which it's well known internationally. The timber industry uses 1,400 km² of pine and eucalyptus forests.


Port of Corrientes, on the Paraná River.

Bovine cattle has problems standing the heat and the low quality of the grass specially in the north of the province. For that reason, the Brangus breed is the most common in the area. In the south, different breeds can be found. 70,000 km² of the province's land are used for more than 4 million heads of cattle.

Among Corrientes' productive (non-services) activities, tobacco and its processing earns 45% of the province's gross income, food and derivates, 30%, and textiles, 16%.

On the Paraná River, near the city of Ituzaingó, the Yaciretá dam provides energy not only to the province, but to both Argentina and Paraguay.

Tourism has been growing in Corrientes Province due to the relevance that Esteros del Ibera has for ecotourism and birdwatching travelers. Golden dorado fishing has long attracted both local and outside tourism to Corrientes.

data: wikipedia

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