Argentina

Argentina

sovereign state, country, nation, confessional state, country sometimes considered transcontinental

Part of	Latin America, Southern Cone
Year dem found am	9 July 1816
Name in native language	República Argentina
Official name	República Argentina
Native label	República Argentina
Ethnic group	European people, indigenous peoples in Argentina, Afro-Argentines
Participant insyd	South American dreadnought race, Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries, 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, Battle of Mount Longdon, Falklands War
Dem name after	silver
Official language	Spanish
Anthem	Argentine National Anthem
Culture	culture of Argentina
Motto	En unión y libertad
Motto text	Beats to your rhythm, Curiad eich Rhythm
Continent	South America
Country	Argentina
Capital	Buenos Aires
Located in time zone	time in Argentina
Located in/on physical feature	Hispanic America, South America
Coordinate location	34°0′0″S 64°0′0″W
Coordinates of geographic center	34°0′0″S 64°0′0″W
Coordinates of easternmost point	26°14′59″S 53°38′15″W
Coordinates of northernmost point	21°48′0″S 66°13′12″W
Coordinates of southernmost point	55°3′26″S 66°26′47″W
Coordinates of westernmost point	49°56′41″S 73°33′37″W
Highest point	Aconcagua
Lowest point	Laguna del Carbón
Government ein basic form	federal republic
Office held by head of state	President of Argentina
State ein head	Javier Milei
Office head of government hold	President of Argentina
Government ein head	Javier Milei
Executive body	Government of Argentina
Legislative body	Argentine National Congress
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Court of Argentina
Central bank	Central Bank of Argentina
Currency	Argentine convertible peso
Driving side	right, left
Electrical plug type	Europlug, AS/NZS 3112
Dey replace	Colonial Argentina, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Significant event	Argentine economic crisis, Rise of the Argentine Republic
Award e receive	Lagun Onari
Dema official website	https://www.argentina.gob.ar/
Hashtag	Argentina
Top-level Internet domain	.ar
Main regulatory text	Constitution of Argentina
Flag	flag of Argentina
Coat of arms	Coat of arms of Argentina
Geography of topic	Geography of Argentina
Get characteristic	free country
History of topic	history of Argentina
Official religion	Catholic Church
‎most populous urban area	Buenos Aires
Railway traffic side	left
Open data portal	Argentina Data Portal
Economy of topic	economy of Argentina
Demographics of topic	demographics of Argentina
Official observer status in organization	Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Mobile country code	722
Country calling code	+54
Trunk prefix	0
Emergency phone number	911, 100, 117, 101
GS1 country code	778-779
Vehicle registration plate code	RA
Maritime identification digits	701
Unicode character	🇦🇷
Category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Argentina

Argentina, officially de Argentine Republic, be a country insyd de southern half of South America. E dey cover an area of 2,780,085 km² (1,073,397 sq mi), wey dey make am de second-largest country insyd South America after Brazil, de fourth-largest country insyd de Americas, den de eighth-largest country insyd de world. Argentina dey share de bulk of de Southern Cone plus Chile to de west, wey e sanso be bordered by Bolivia den Paraguay to de north, Brazil to de northeast, Uruguay den de South Atlantic Ocean to de east, den de Drake Passage to de south. Argentina be a federal state dem subdivide into twenty-three provinces, den one autonomous city, wich be de federal capital den largest city of de nation, Buenos Aires. De provinces den de capital get dema own constitutions, buh exist under a federal system. Argentina dey claim sovereignty over de Falkland Islands, South Georgia den de South Sandwich Islands, de Southern Patagonian Ice Field, den a part of Antarctica.

Argentina be a regional power, den dey retain ein historic status as a middle power insyd international affairs. A major non-NATO ally of de United States, Argentina be a developing country plus de second-highest HDI (human development index) insyd Latin America after Chile. E dey maintain de second-largest economy insyd South America, wey ebe a member of G-15 den G20. Argentina sanso be a founding member of de United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Mercosur, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States den de Organization of Ibero-American States.

Demographics

Urbanization

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Argentina (2021 INDEC metro area estimate)
Rank	Name	Province	Pop.	Rank	Name	Province	Pop.
1	Buenos Aires	(Autonomous city)	3,003,000	11	Resistencia	Chaco	418,000
2	Córdoba	Córdoba	1,577,000	12	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	407,000
3	Rosario	Santa Fe	1,333,000	13	Corrientes	Corrientes	384,000
4	Mendoza	Mendoza	1,036,000	14	Posadas	Misiones	378,000
5	San Miguel de Tucumán	Tucumán	909,000	15	San Salvador de Jujuy	Jujuy	351,000
6	La Plata	Buenos Aires	909,000	16	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	317,000
7	Mar del Plata	Buenos Aires	651,000	17	Neuquén	Neuquén	313,000
8	Salta	Salta	647,000	18	Paraná	Entre Ríos	283,000
9	San Juan	San Juan	542,000	19	Formosa	Formosa	256,000
10	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	540,000	20	Comodoro Rivadavia	Chubut	243,000

Bibliography

Legal documents

• National Constituent Convention (22 August 1994), Constitution of the Argentine Nation, Santa Fe: Argentine Senate, archived from the original on 9 May 2004

Articles

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Books

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Read further

• Calvo, Carlos (1864). Anales históricos de la revolucion de la América latina, acompañados de los documentos en su apoyo. Desde el año 1808 hasta el reconocimiento de la independencia de ese extenso continente (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Paris: A. Durand.
• Crooker, Richard A. (2009). Argentina. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0481-2.
• Ferro, Carlos A. (1991). Historia de la Bandera Argentina (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Depalma. ISBN 978-950-14-0610-8.
• Maddison, Angus (1995). Monitoring the World Economy 1820–1992. Paris: OECD Publishing. ISBN 978-92-64-14549-8.
• Maddison, Angus (2001). The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. OECD Publishing. ISBN 978-92-64-18654-5.
• Margheritis, Ana (2010). Argentina's foreign policy: domestic politics and democracy promotion in the Americas. Boulder, CO: FirstForumPress. ISBN 978-1-935049-19-7.

External links

• Official website
• National Institute of Tourism Promotion
• Argentina. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
• Argentina at the Latin American Network Information Center
• Argentina at the University Libraries – University of Colorado Boulder
• Key Development Forecasts for Argentina at International Futures
• Geographic data related to Argentina at OpenStreetMap