The province of Misiones

Wedged between Paraguay in the West, Brazil in North and Uruguay in the West, the province of Misiones forms part, with the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios, of the area called Mesopotamia (see maps of the february archives)
Point extreme of Argentina in North East, close to Tropic of Capricorn, it is covered with an immense forest, very dense, called “selva subtropicana lluviosa”. Its ground is of red blood color stone : the laterite. Very friable, it generates in the passing of the cars a dust which marks clothing, the shoes and enter everywhere in the dwellings.
The habitat, very summary, comparable with that of Paraguay, the provinces of Chaco or Formosa, recalls unfortunately that we are in one of the poorest areas of Argentina: they are mainly wood huts, brightened by paintings sharp.
Except for the owners of the great fields, or beautiful estancias, a great majority of the population saw incomes of agricultural work, culture of its kitchen gardens and small animal breedings.

Omnipresent in all the province, the "yerba mate" is transported, at the season of harvests, on antiques trucks which go up with efforts, succession of long slopes of Ruta 12.

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