About Resistencia
Resistencia is a city in Chaco, Argentina with a population of 290,793. It is the 12th largest of the 314 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Argentina, and the 1,966th largest worldwide. It lies 797 km from Buenos Aires.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 13
Coordinates
-27.464, -58.987
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 314 in ArgentinaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.