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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 786 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHACO , a territory of See also:

northern See also:Argentina, See also:part of a large See also:district known as the Gran Chaco, bounded N. by the territory of See also:Formosa, E. by See also:Paraguay and See also:Corrientes, S. by See also:Santa Fe, and W. by See also:Santiago del Estero and See also:Salta. The Bermejo See also:river forms its northern boundary, and the Paraguay and See also:Parana See also:rivers its eastern; these rivers are its only means of communication. Pop. (1895) 10,422; (1904, est.) 13,937; See also:area, 52,741 sq. m. The northern part consists of a vast See also:plain filled with number-less lagoons; the See also:southern part is slightly higher and is covered with dense forests, occasionally broken by open grassy spaces. Its forests contain many See also:species of trees of See also:great economic value; among them is the quebracho, which is exported for the See also:tannin which it contains. The See also:capital, Resistencia, with an estimated See also:population of 3500 in 1904, is situated on the Parana river opposite the See also:city of Corrientes. There is railway communication between Santa Fe and La Sabana, an insignificant See also:timber-cutting See also:village on the southern frontier. In the territory there are still several tribes of uncivilized See also:Indians, who occasionally See also:raid the neighbouring settlements of Santa Fe.

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