Corrientes Province Corrientes Province Corrientes (, ‘currents’ or ‘streams’; ) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by (from the north, clockwise): Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco. Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, the Kaingang, Charrua and Guaraní lived in a big area that also covered most of the current province of Corrientes. The city of Corrientes was founded on April 3, 1588 by Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón as a mid-stop between Asunción and Buenos Aires; the city flourished thanks to
Aguas Corrientes Aguas Corrientes Aguas Corrientes is a small town in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. Its name ("running waters") is derived from the installations of pumping, filtration and purification of water from the Santa Lucia River, which is the largest in the country, supplying drinking water to the departments of Montevideo and Canelones. Aguas Corrientes is also the name of the municipality to which the town belongs. The town is located from the provincial capital of Canelones, from Santa Lucia, and from Montevideo. The banks of Santa Lucia river form the northwestern limits of the town. Santa Lucia River was