Argentina Travel Guide

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Quick Facts
Location noframe
Flag Image:ar-flag.png
Capital Buenos Aires
Language Spanish
Internet TLD .ar
Calling Code +54
Religion Roman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Area 2,766,890 km2
Population 39,921,833 (July 2006 est.)
Government Federal presidential republic
Currency Argentine peso (ARS)
Electricity 230V/50Hz (European plug)
Time Zone UTC -3

country of southeast South America stretching about 3,701 km (2,300 mi) from its border with Bolivia to southern Tierra del Fuego, an island it shares with Chile.


[edit] Understand

argentina
Argentina achieved its independence from Spain in 1816. Buenos Aires is the capital and the largest city. Population: 40,300,000. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more populous. Language: Spanish (official). Religions: Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic; also Protestant); also Islam, Judaism. Currency: Argentine peso. Argentina can be divided into four general regions: the North, the Pampas, Patagonia, and the Andes Mountains.






[edit] Regions

Argentina regions
Andean Northwest
Chaco
Cuyo
Mesopotamia
Pampas
Patagonia
Tierra del Fuego





[edit] Cities

The largest cities are:

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