Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province. Separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan, it is the only Argentine province without land on the South American continent. The province is divided into four departments, with only the two on the eastern part of the Isla Grande of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago under undisputed Argentine administration. This area includes the provincial capital Ushuaia and a border with the Chilean province of Tierra del Fuego and also includes Staten Island to the East. The other two departments are, respectively, Argentina's claims to the British-administered Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and the Argentine claim to Antarctica, which is suspended under the Antarctic Treaty. The province was first inhabited by indigenous people over 12,000 years ago and first discovered by a European in 1520 when spotted by Ferdinand Magellan. However, the territory remained under indigenous control until the Conquest of the Desert in the 1870s, which resulted in it being set up as a territory in 1885. European immigration followed due to a gold rush. Tierra del Fuego was the most recent Argentine territory to gain provincial status, in 1990. Wikipedia [ - ]

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