Argentina
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| República Argentina | |||||
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| National motto: | Spanish: En Unión y Libertad (English: "In Union and Liberty") |
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| National anthem: | Himno Nacional Argentino | ||||
| About the people | |||||
| Official languages: | Spanish | ||||
| Population: (# of people) | |||||
| - Total: | 39,921,833 (ranked 30) | ||||
| - Density: | 13 per km² | ||||
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| Capital city: | Buenos Aires | ||||
| Largest city: | Buenos Aires | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total: | 2,791,810¤ (ranked 8) | ||||
| - Water: | 30,000 km² (1.1%) | ||||
| Politics / Government | |||||
| Established: | 1816 | ||||
| Leaders: | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ||||
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| Currency: (Name of money) |
Peso | ||||
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| Time zone: | -03:00 | ||||
| Telephone dialing code: | 54 | ||||
| Internet domain: | .ar | ||||
Argentina or the República Argentina, is a country in south South America. Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth-largest country in the world.
About 39 million people live in the Argentina. Spanish is the language most people speak and the official language, but many other languages are spoken. Some of these are Guarani, Mapudungun and Quechua and even Welsh in Patagonia.
The capital city of the Argentina is Buenos Aires, one of the largest cities in the world, in eastern Argentina. In order by number of people, the largest cities in Argentina are Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, La Plata, Tucumán, Mar del Plata, Salta, Santa Fe, and Bahía Blanca.
Argentina is located between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast, and Chile in the west and south. It also claims the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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[change] History
The name Argentina comes from the Latin argentum (silver) as the Spanish conquistadors believed the area had silver.
The oldest signs of people in Argentina are located in the Patagonia (Piedra Museo, Santa Cruz), and are more than 13,000 years old.[1] In 1480 the Inca Empire conquered northwestern Argentina, making it part of the empire. In the northeastern area, the Guaraní developed a culture based on yuca and sweet potato.
[change] Politics
Argentina is a federal republic. The people of Argentina vote for a President to rule them and Senators and Deputies to speak for them and make laws for them. Today, the President is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner since December 2007.
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Argentina is divided into 23 provinces (provincias; singular: provincia), and 1 autonomous city (commonly known as capital federal):
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[change] Geography
Argentina is almost 3,700 km long from north to south, and 1,400 km from east to west (maximum values). It can be divided into three parts: the Pampas in the central part of the country, Patagonia in the southern part down to Tierra del Fuego; and the Andes mountain range along the western border with Chile, with the highest point located in the province of Mendoza. Cerro Aconcagua, at 6,960 metres (22,834 ft), is the Americas' highest mountain.
The most important rivers include the River Plate, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Uruguay and the largest river, the Paraná.
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The majority of the Argentinians are descendants of Europeans principally from Spain, Italy and other Europeans countries representing 90% of the total population of the country.[1]
Football is the most popular sport, although the national sport of the country is Pato. Argentina has a number of highly-ranked Polo players.
- See also: List of Argentines
Argentina is a Christian country. Most of Argentina's people (80 percent) is Roman Catholic. Roman Catholicism is the state religion Spanish, Italian.
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[change] Government
- Argentina.gov.ar - Official national portal
- Gobierno Electrónico - Official government website
- Presidencia de la Nación - Official presidential website
- Honorable Senado de la Nación - Official senatorial website
- Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación - Official lower house website
- Secretaría de Turismo de la Nación - Official tourism board website
| Countries and territories of South America | |
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| Independent | Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Uruguay · Venezuela |
| Governed by other countries | Falkland Islands · French Guiana · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
