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Argentina

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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the far south of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state divided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, and a part of Antarctica.

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Capital
Buenos Aires
Population
47,327,407
Area
2,780,400 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Argentine convertible peso
Languages
Spanish, Italian, English
Sells
soybean meal, corn, trucks, soybean oil
Sells to
Brazil 18%, USA 9%, Chile 8%
Land borders
5: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+54
Founded
1816
Hemisphere
Southern

Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Spanishofficial

Largest cities

Buenos Aires  capital 2,891,082
Córdoba 2,106,734
Rosario 948,312
Mar del Plata 593,337
San Miguel de Tucumán 548,866

Wars and conflicts

Click one to see everyone else who fought in it.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest

Climate zone

Highest point

Southern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Juan Peron
Juan Peron President and founder of Peronism Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine military officer and politician who was the 29th and 40th president of Argentina, serving from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and from 1973 until his death in 1974.
Eva Peron
Eva Peron First lady and political figure María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva "Evita" Perón, was an Argentine politician, activist, and actress who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón.
Jose de San Martin
Jose de San Martin Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras, nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru", was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire...
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona Footballer Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager.