Regional Distribution and Population of Counties by Urban-Rural Categories
| . | No. Countiesa . | Regional Distribution (% of Counties)b . | Population . | % Population in Urban Areasd . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Bs As . | Coast . | Interior . | Thousands . | % of Nationc . | |||
| Big Cities | 49 | 69.4 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 7,211 | 46.3 | 95.5 |
| Townships | 213 | 0.0 | 63.9 | 36.1 | 6,580 | 42.3 | 40.7 |
| Countryside | 101 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 89.1 | 1,788 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| . | No. Countiesa . | Regional Distribution (% of Counties)b . | Population . | % Population in Urban Areasd . | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Bs As . | Coast . | Interior . | Thousands . | % of Nationc . | |||
| Big Cities | 49 | 69.4 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 7,211 | 46.3 | 95.5 |
| Townships | 213 | 0.0 | 63.9 | 36.1 | 6,580 | 42.3 | 40.7 |
| Countryside | 101 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 89.1 | 1,788 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
Urban-rural categorization not available for two counties, reducing the total N from 365 to 363.
As here defined, Greater Buenos Aires consists of the Federal Capital plus 14 surrounding counties in the Province of Buenos Aires; the Coast includes the rest of the Province of Buenos Aires plus the provinces of Corrientes, Entre Ríos, and Santa Fe; the Interior contains the provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán.
Percentages do not add up to 100 because of rounding.
That is, the percentage of people within each category that live in urban areas—here defined as communities with 2,000 or more inhabitants.