Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces (, singular "provincia") and one autonomous city ("ciudad autónoma"), Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation () as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. 

During the War of Independence the main cities and their surrounding countrysides became provinces though the intervention of their "cabildos". The Anarchy of the Year XX completed this process, shaping the original thirteen provinces. Jujuy seceded from Salta in 1834, and the thirteen provinces became fourteen. After seceding for a decade, Buenos Aires Province accepted the 1853 Constitution of Argentina in 1861, and its capital city was made a federal territory in 1880. 

A law from 1862 designated as national territories those under federal control but outside the frontiers of the provinces. In 1884 they served as bases for the establishment of the governorates of Misiones, Formosa, Chaco, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego. The agreement about a frontier dispute with Chile in 1900 created the National Territory of Los Andes; its lands were incorporated into Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca in 1943. La Pampa and Chaco became provinces in 1951. Misiones did so in 1953, and Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, in 1955. The last national territory, Tierra del Fuego, became the Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province in 1990.
what created the National Territory of Los Andes? what year did that happen? when did the last territory become a province? what is the full name of that territory? how many provinces are there in Argentina? do they all have their own constitution? how many autonomous cities are there? which one? is that the capital of the country? in 1862 what were declared as territories? what are a few examples? what shaped the original 13 provinces? who seceded from Salta? what did it then become? what year did that happen? when did Buenos Aires accept the constitution of Argentina? what happened in 1880?
The agreement about a frontier dispute with Chile 1900 1990 Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province twenty-three yes one Buenos Aires yes those under federal control but outside the frontiers of the provinces. Misiones, Formosa, Chaco, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego The Anarchy of the Year XX Jujuy a province 1834 1861 it was made a federal territory in 1880