|— Province of Argentina —| |Capital and Largest
City||Resistencia| |• Governor||Jorge Capitanich (PJ)| |•
Total||99,633 km2 (38,469 sq mi)| |• Density||11/km2 ( 27/sq
mi)| |Time zone||ART (UTC−3)| |ISO 3166 code||AR-H| The Province
of Chaco (in Spanish: Provincia del Chaco) (Spanish
pronunciation: [ˈtʃako]) is a province in northeastern
Argentina. With an area of 99,633 km2 (38,469 sq mi) and a
population of 1,055,259 as of 2010, it is the 12th most
extensive and the 9th most populated of the 23 Argentine
provinces. Chaco is bordered by Salta and Santiago del Estero to
the west, Formosa to the north, Corrientes to the east, and
Santa Fe to the south. The province also has an international
border with the Paraguayan Department of Ñeembucú. The capital
and largest city is Resistencia. Chaco has long been among the
provinces with the worst social indicators in the country. Among
Argentine provinces, it ranks last by GDP per capita and 21st by
Human Development Index, above neighbors Formosa and Santiago
del Est