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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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People are called
Argentine
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+54
Capital
Buenos Aires
Population
47,327,407
Area
2,780,400 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Argentine 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

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Argentine

These are English demonyms for people from Argentina. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

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Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

Modern attribution disputed

Inca Empire

c. 1438–1533 CE; successor resistance continued to 1572

An Andean empire centered at Cusco, covering portions of these modern countries, not their full territory.

The rainbow flag often labeled an Inca flag is modern. The flag of Cusco does not establish an ancient national-flag design.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

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

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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

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

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.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, famous.