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The Province of Chaco ((スペイン語:provincia del Chaco), (:ˈtʃako)) is a province in northeastern Argentina. With an area of 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 its neighbors Formosa and Santiago del Estero. == Etymology == Chaco derives from ''chacú'', the Quechua word used to name a hunting territory or the hunting technique used by the people of the Inca Empire. Annually, large groups of up to 30 thousand hunters would enter the territory, forming columns and circling the prey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chaco )〕 Jesuit missioner Pedro Lozano wrote in his book ''Chorographic Description of the Great Chaco Gualamba'', edited in the Spanish Cordoba in 1733: "Its etymology indicates the multitude of nations that inhabit that region. When they go hunting, the Indians gather from many parts the vicuñas and guanacos; that crowd is called ''chacu'' in the Quechua language, which is common in Peru, and that Spaniards have corrupted into ''Chaco''." However, the earliest known mention of the term in a written document was authored by the then Governor of Tucumán, Juan Ramírez de Velasco, who referred to the region as ''Chaco Gualamba'' in a letter to Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, Viceroy of Peru, dated in 1589. ''Gualamba'' is of uncertain origin and has since fallen into disuse.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chaco Province」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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