Argentine Confederation

Argentine Confederation Confederación Argentina
← 1831–1861 →   →
Pacto Federal flag, circa 1840 Coat of arms
Constitutional Argentine Confederation and independent Buenos Aires Province, 1858.
Capital	none (1831-1852) Paraná (1853-1861)
Language(s)	Spanish
Government	Loose Confederation of Provinces (1831-1853) Constitutional Federal Republic (1853-1861)
Leadership
- 1835-1852	Juan Manuel de Rosas (Governor of Buenos Aires Province, in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Confederation)
- 1852-1860	Justo José de Urquiza (President of the Argentine Confederation, 1854-1860)
- 1860-1861	Santiago Derqui (President of the Argentine Confederation, 1860-1861)
History
- Pacto Federal	4 January, 1831
- Rosas hegemony	from 13 April 1835
- Battle of Caseros	3 February 1852
- Battle of Cepeda	23 October 1859
- Battle of Pavón	17 September, 1861

The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Argentina) is one of the official names of Argentina, according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35.^[1] It was the main official designation of the Federal Republic between the enactment of the 1853 Constitution and its 1860 amendment, as well as the most common name by which the previous loose Confederation of Argentine Provinces was known during the Pacto Federal years.

See also

• History of Argentina
• Pacto Federal
• Name of Argentina

References

1. ^ "Art. 35.- Las denominaciones adoptadas sucesivamente desde 1810 hasta el presente, a saber: Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata; República Argentina, Confederación Argentina, serán en adelante nombres oficiales indistintamente para la designación del Gobierno y territorio de las provincias, empleándose las palabras "Nación Argentina" en la formación y sanción de las leyes."
   "Article 35 .- The denominations successively adopted from 1810 to the present, namely: United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Argentine Republic, Argentine Confederation, shall henceforth be interchangeably official names to describe the Government and territory of the provinces, using the words "Argentine Nation" for the making and the enactment of laws."