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Argentina Facts and Features

Argentine Territory:

3,761,274 Km².

2,791,810 km² of American Continent

969,464 km ² of the Antarctic Continent that include Islas Malvinas, Georgias, Sandwich del Sur Islands and a sector of Antarctica

Territorial Extension:

N-S 3.799 Km., W-E 1.423 Km.

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Lake Traful, Neuquén

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Endpoints:

North: The confluence of the rivers Grande de San Juan and Mojinete, in the Province of Jujuy, Mina Pirquitas point.

South: Cabo San Pio, located in the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.

East: point located northeast of the town of Bernardo de Irigoyen, in the Province of Misiones, Bernardo de Irigoyen point.

West: point located in the Los Glaciares National Park - Province of Santa Cruz, El Calafate point.

Limits:
North: Paraguay and Bolivia. Southern Chile and South Atlantic Ocean. East: Brazil, Uruguay and South Atlantic Ocean. West: Chile

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Dunes in Mar de las Pampas, Buenos Aires

"Standing Stone", Meseta Central of Chubut

Political Division:

The territory is composed of 23 provinces, the Federal Capital (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Ares), Antarctic Continent (including the South Orcadas Islands) and southern islands (Georgia del Sur and Sandwich del Sur).

Population:
40 million inhabitants (estimated in 2.010)

Form of government:
Federal Republic with a bicameral legislative power. It was declared independent from Spain on July 9th 1.816

"Devil's Desert" Puna - Salta

Main Cities
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 3.058.309 h. Córdoba, 1.329.604 h. Rosario, 1.193.605 h. Mendoza, 880.000 h. La Plata, 654.324 h.

Official Language
Spanish. Some minorities speak quechua and other native tongues

Ethnic Composition
European background 85%, others 15%

Official Religion
Roman Catholic

There is a portion of the population that practices other religions, such as Evangelic, Protestant, Islamic, a large Jewish community, and lately some Afro-Caribbean religions coming from Brazil.

Argentine Antarctica

"Iberá Wetlands" - Corrientes

Weather

Argentina has a temperate climate, but the North has a large subtropical zone and southward cold weather prevails.

Buenos Aires, the capital city, has a moderate and humid climate. In winter it is cool, 4° to 10° Celsius

During the night frost is common and during the early hours of the morning fog can occur, diminishing the visibility and you should be alert on roads.

Summer is warm, with an average of 28°C. We recommend light clothing and comfortable shoes.
For spring and fall we recommend you carry a light coat for the morning and evening. Temperatures vary from 12°C to 20°C.

Buenos Aires is mainly humid. Summers are warm (28°C average) and winters are mild (3°C to 8°C average)

Chain of volcanoes: Arizaro, Socompa, Aracar and Llullaillaco, Salta

Sea Coast. Península Valdés

Longer Rivers	Km.	Sq Mts/Sec		Highest Mountains	Meters / sea level
• Paraná • Uruguay • Negro • Bermejo - Teuco • Pilcomayo • Colorado • Salado (Buenos Aires) • San Juan • Mendoza • Chubut • Salado del Norte • Bermejo / Desaguadero / Salado	1.800 1.100 635 1.000 850 860 700 500 400 810 2.000 1.200	16.806 5.026 865 339 152 134 88 56 50 48 15 14		• Aconcagua (Mendoza) • Pissis (Catamarca/La Rioja) • Ojos del Salado (Catamarca) • Mercedario (San Juan) • Bonete (La Rioja) • Tres Cruces (Catamarca) • Llullaillaco. (Salta) • Nacimiento (Catamarca) • Incahuasi (Catamarca) • Tupungato (Mendoza) • El Muerto ( (Catamarca) • Bayo (Catamarca) • Antofalla (Catamarca) • Libertador San Martín (Salta) • El Cóndor (Catamarca)	22,837 ft /6.960 m 6.882 m 6.879 m 6.770 m 6.759 m 6.749 m 6.739 m 6.658 m 6.638 m 6.635 m 6.488 m 6.436 m 6.409 m 6.380 m 6.373 m

Mount Aconcagua. At 22,837 feet (6,961 meters)
The tallest peak in all of the Americas.

Paraná River, Corrientes

Lakes	Location	Area (km²)
Laguna Mar Chiquita	Córdoba y Santiago del Estero	6000 km²
Lago Argentino	Santa Cruz	1466 km²
Lago Viedma	Santa Cruz	1088 km²
Lago Buenos Aires /General Carrera	Santa Cruz / Chile	971,8 km²
Lago Colhué Huapi	Chubut	810 km²
Laguna de Llancanelo	Mendoza	650 km²
Lago Nahuel Huapi	Río Negro-Neuquén	557 km²
Lago Fagnano	Tierra del Fuego / Chile	551,3 km²
Lago O'Higgins / San Martín	Santa Cruz / Chile	504 km²
Lago Cardiel	Santa Cruz	458 km²
Lago Musters	Chubut	434 km²
Lago Cochrane / /Pueyrredón	Santa Cruz / Chile	145 km²
Lago Strobel	Santa Cruz	120 km²
Lago Huechulaufquen	Neuquén	84 km²
Lago Fontana	Chubut	79 km²
Lago Traful	Neuquén	70 km²

Mount Alcázar,
Calingasta, San Juan

"Sea eye" in Tolar Grande, Puna Salta

River Paraná, Ituzaingó, Corrientes

About Argentina

The name Argentina comes from the Latin word Argentum, meaning silver. This name goes back to the Spanish Conquerors that were in this region in 1524.

In this territory you will see mountains, plains and mesetas

In this country you will find not only the highest peak in America (Aconcagua 6 959 mts) and the widest river in the world (Rio de la Plata 220 km at its mouth)

Glacier Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz

Cardones cactus at Santa Rosa de Tastil. Salta

In this country you will be able to enjoy the deep jungles of Tucuman and Misiones, the sounds of silence in the altiplano of the North, the falls of 80 mts of height of the Cataratas del Iguazu, and the uproar of the melting of the Glaciar Perito Moreno.

Countyside in Sierra de los Padres,
Mar del Plata. Buenos. Aires.

Lake Nahuel Huapi, view to Victoria Island, Bariloche

Tolhuin - Southernmost point of Argentina's mainland

Mountainous cord of Velasco - Route 40 Londres, Catamarca

Tolhuin - Tierra del Fuego

Mount Macón and a "sea eye" salt flats , Salta

Confluence of River de los Patos
with River San Juan

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