Center Region, Argentina

The Center Region of Argentina (in Spanish, Región Centro) is the political and economical association of the provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos. The legal framework for this kind of regional association, the first and only in the country, is Article 124 of the Argentine Constitution.

These three provinces, located along the central and central-east part of the country, have a total population of 7,225,649 (2001 census [INDEC]) and an area of 377,109 km², being large enough to function as an operative unit in the international economy. The Center Region is notable for producing various goods that supply the rest of the country; it concentrates the country's whole production of peanuts, 90% of vegetable oil, 70% of milk, 53% of grain, slightly over half of poultry and third of livestock as well as 70% of its agricultural machinery.

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