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Info about Argentina
Second in South America only to Brazil in size and population, Argentina is a plain, rising from the Atlantic to the Chilean border and the towering Andes peaks. Aconcagua (22,834 ft, 6,960 m) is the highest peak in the world outside Asia. Argentina is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, and by Uruguay and Brazil on the east. The northern area is the swampy and partly wooded Gran Chaco, bordering on Bolivia and Paraguay. South of that are the rolling, fertile Pampas, which are rich in agriculture and sheep- and cattle-grazing and support most of the population. Next southward is Patagonia, a region of cool, arid steppes with some wooded and fertile sections.
Capital
Buenos Aires
- 13 349 000 people
all city from Argentina
Country lead by
President: Néstor Kirchner (2003)
Population
39,921,833 (growth rate: 1.0%); birth rate: 16.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.7/1000; life expectancy: 76.1; density per sq mi: 38
Land Area
1,056,636 sq mi (2,736,690 sq km); total area: 1,068,302 sq mi (2,766,890 sq km)
Monetary unit
Peso
Language
Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
Ethnicity
white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%; mestizo, Amerindian, other 3%
Religion
Roman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Transportation
Railways: total: 34,091 km (167 km electrified) (2004). Highways: total: 229,144 km; paved: 68,809 km (including 734 km of expressways); unpaved: 160,335 km (2004). Waterways: 11,000 km (2005). Ports and harbors: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin, San Nicolas. Airports: 1,334 (2004 est.).
Internet tld
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