Argentina

ARGENTINA

Location

Argentina (officially called Argentine Republic) is a country in South America.

Argentina is the second-largest country In South America and the

eighth-largest country in the world.

BORDERS

Argentina is 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 to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast and Chile to the west and south.

CAPITAL

The capital city of Argentina is Buenos Aires, one of the largest cities in the world, in eastern Argentina. In order by number of people, the largest ciies in Argentina are Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario,

Mendoza, La Plata, Tucumán, Mar del Plata, Salta, Santa Fe, and Bahía Blanca.

FLAG AND EMBLEM

The national flag of Argentina is a triband, composed by three equally wide horizontal bands coloured light blue and white.

A yellow sun of may was added to the centre in 1818.

EmblemArgentina´s emblem consists of two hands holding a stick with a red cap on top, behind there is a rising sun.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

o The total area of Argentina is 2,76,890 km2

o Argentina is almost 3,700 km long from north to south

and 1,400 km from east to west.

o The official language spoken in Argentina is similar to

Spanish

GOVERNMENT

Argentina is a federal presidential constitutional republic: - The President is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

- The Vice President is Amado Boudou - The Supreme Court President is Ricardo Lorenzetti

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Amado Boudou

Ricardo Lorenzetti

CURRENCY

The peso is the national currency of the Republic of Argentina since 1992, when he replaced the austral.

FOOD

Empanada

Asado

The Argentine barbecue. It is made with various types of meats, often

including chorizo, sweetbread,chitterlings,

and blood sausages.

a small stuffed pastry

SPORTS

Some sports practiced in Argentina are football, basketball, horse riding and polo..

RELIGION

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The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Although it enforces neither an official nor a state faith, it gives Roman Catholicism a differential status.

According to a CONICET poll, Argentines are 76.5% Catholic, 11.3% Agnostics and Atheists, 9% Evangelical Protestants, 1.2% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.9% Mormons; 1.2% follow other religions, including Islam, Judaism and Buddhism.

CURIOSITIES

Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina is the tenth most populous metropolis in the world, with

12.2 million inhabitants.Argentina is a federation of twenty-three

provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires