Argentina Country Info - South America

Description and Basic Information

Argentina with its capital Buenos Aires is located in South America (Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 2,766,891 square kilometres (slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US) with 40,677,000 citizens. Spanish, English, Italian, German and French are the official languages spoken in Argentina (consider regional differences). Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil are bordering countries.

Argentina is a large, elongated country in the southern part of South America. Argentina is the second-largest country in [[South America]] and the eighth-largest in the world. The name Argentina derives from argentum, the Latin word for silver, which is what early Spanish explorers sought when they first reached the region in the sixteenth century. The central region of Argentina is the rich plain known as La Pampa. There is jungle in the extreme northeast. The southern half of Argentina is dominated by the flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia. The western border with Chile is along the rugged Andes mountains, including the Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside the Himalayas.

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About Argentina

The topography features rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border. The average density of population is about 14 per km². The climate in Argentina can be described as mostly temperate with arid in southeast, subantarctic in southwest. Potential natural disasters are San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes or pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast or heavy flooding in some areas.

To reach someone in Argentina dial +54 prior to a number. There are 9,764,000 installed telephones. And there are 51,891,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 850, 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ar". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz. The following list are the 24 regions/states in Argentina we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Argentine population grew at a rate of 1.04% (or by 428,316 citizens). With 305,526 deaths and 733,842 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.04%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Argentina: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.