CORRIENTES, or San Juan de Corrientes, a town of the Argentine Republic, South America, and capital of the province of Corrientes, is situated on the left bank of the Parana, below its junction with the Paraguay, in 27° 27' 31" S. lat. and 58° 46' W. long. It has a college, Government house, museum, several schools and churches, and a good quay; and is an emporium for the maté, sugar, cotton, and tobacco of Paraguay, and for the furs of the Chaco Indians. The exports are chiefly hides, wool, and timber. Population, 10,546. Corrientes was founded by Alonzo de Bera on the 3d April 1588.