Barranqueras, with about 57.000 inhabitants, is some 10 km away from Resistencia (capital city of the province of Chaco), and is in practice a suburb of the latter,. There are significant commercial and port activities. The port moves the local production of soy bean, sorghum, rice, coal, leather, timber, cement, fuel and sand. It is connected by the Belgrano railway with the northwest provinces of Argentina, with Bolivia and with Antofagasta and Iquique in Chile. The road network spreads in all directions within the country and also with Chile, Paraguay and Brazil. There are two international airports, Resistencia (15 km away) and Corrientes (24 km away)