Misiones

Misiones, an Argentinian territory, lies between the Uruguay and the Paraná, and is bounded on all sides but the SW. by Brazil and Paraguay. Area, 20,823 sq. m.; pop. 30,000—though before the expulsion of the Jesuits (1767) it exceeded 100,000. There are three low mountain-chains radiating from the centre. The greater portion of the surface is covered with forest, producing building and dye-woods, oranges, medicinal herbs, and the yerba maté. Maize is largely grown, and sugar-cane to some extent; of late years several sugar-houses have been erected. Capital, Posadas (pop. 3000), on the Paraná.