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Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire"; (:ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo); officially Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is an Argentine province. The province is divided into four departments, all of which are discontiguous with the Argentine mainland: * Río Grande Department, on the eastern section of the ''Isla Grande'' of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, bordering the Chilean province of Tierra del Fuego, and separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. Under undisputed Argentine administration * Ushuaia Department, also on Isla Grande bordering Chilean territory. This department includes the provincial capital Ushuaia and Staten Island of 534 square kilometres (206 sq mi) to the East. Also undisputed * The disputed Antártida Argentina Department, a vast claimed triangular section of Antarctica extending to the South Pole, which geographically overlaps with British and Chilean claims in Antarctica. However, all territorial claims in Antarctica are suspended by the Antarctic Treaty System, of which Argentina is a founding signatory and permanent consulting member * The disputed Islas del Atlántico Sur Department, consisting of Argentinian claims to the Falkland Islands (''Malvinas'' in Spanish) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (both of which are self-governing overseas territories of the United Kingdom), along with the South Orkney Islands and South Shetland Islands (both of which lie south of 60°S and therefore within the scope of the Antarctic Treaty) The province had been inhabited by indigenous people for more than 12,000 years, since they migrated south of the mainland. It was first discovered by a European in 1520 when spotted by Ferdinand Magellan. Even after Argentina achieved independence, this territory remained under indigenous control until the nation's campaign known as the Conquest of the Desert in the 1870s. After defeating most of the Indians in the desert part of Patagonia, Argentina organized this section in 1885 as a territory. European immigration followed due to a gold rush and rapid expansion of sheep farming on large ranches in the area. Tierra del Fuego is the most recent Argentine territory to gain provincial status, which occurred in 1990. ==Extent== The effective extent of the province is the eastern part of the island of Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados and adjacent islands. However, Argentina has made a territorial claim over the two British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and over a segment of Antarctica, which over laps with the British and Chilean claims on that continent. Although Argentina exercises no authority in those territories, other than in Argentine Antarctic bases, nevertheless those territories (known in Argentine Spanish as ''las Islas del Atlántico Sur'' and ''Antártida Argentina'' respectively) have been nominally included in the province since 1990. 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「Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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