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Resistencia is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Chaco Province, located on a tributary of the Paraná River. As of the 2001 census [INDEC], the population of the city proper is 274,490 inhabitants. The metropolitan area totals 359,590, the 11th largest in Argentina.

Resistencia is a commercial and transportation center for the sparsely inhabited frontier region to the northwest. Major manufactures include processed food, textiles, refined metal, and wood and leather products. The river port of Barranqueras is nearby.

Originally called San Fernando del Río Negro, the site was settled in the 17th century as a Jesuit mission and then abandoned in the late 18th century. Following Argentina's war with Paraguay (1864–1870), the site was reestablished as an important military outpost. Its present name was adopted in 1876.

The city does not have many touristic attractions, except for the woodcarving contest celebrated every year for one week in July. Recent editions of the contest also included works in marble and ice, the last one very rare because of the city's subtropical weather, where temperatures below 5 °C are unusual. The sculptures usually remain in the city, placed in sidewalks and parks all over the city, and that's the reason why the city is called "The city of the sculptures" (over 400 sculptures have already been placed). The city has a tax promotion which frees anyone who places a sculpture in a visible place in front of his house from taxes for one year.

• Municipality of Resistencia - Official website.
• Municipal information — Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.

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