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Name: Argentina Continent:South America Sub region: Southern Cone Geographic coordinates: 34°00′S 64°00′W
Gen. José de San Martín, Liberator of Argentina and Perú.
Pres. Julio Roca dominated politics and policy from 1880 to 1906.
Gov. Juan Manuel de Rosas during his 1829-52 regime.
Argentina is located in the southern region of South America. The nation borders Chile to the west and south; the Atlantic Ocean, Uruguay, and Brazil to the east; and Bolivia and Paraguay to the north.
Argentina has a total area of 2,766,890 square kilometers and is the second-largest nation in South America It is about the size of the United States east of the Mississippi River. The nation's coastline is 4,989 kilometers long. Argentina's land borders total 9,665 kilometers .
The National Pantheon of the Argentina
The National Fruit
The National Animal
SEIBO
The National Bird
Seibo
Rufous Hornero
Rank City Province Population Region
1 Buenos AiresCity + 31 partidos in Buenos Aires Province
12,789,000 Pampas
2 Córdoba Córdoba 1,372,000 Pampas
3 Rosario Santa Fe 1,242,000 Pampas
4 Mendoza Mendoza 885,000 Cuyo
5 San Miguel de Tucumán Tucumán 789,000 NOA (northwest)
6 La Plata Buenos Aires 732,000 Pampas
7 Bahía Blanca Buenos Aires 650,000 Pampas
January 1st - New Year's Day
Holy Thursday and Holy Friday - Changes every year
April 4 - Malvinas Islands Memorial
May 1st - Labor Day
May 25 - National Holiday
June 20 - National Flag Day
July 9 - Independence Day
December 25- Christmas
Capital of ArgentinaCapital of ArgentinaBuenos Aires is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and portIt is located on the southern shore of the Rio de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent.After the 19th century, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province in 1880;
Argentina currency name is Peso.The currency rate of Argentina,1 $= 3.80954 peso1 Tk=0.05621 peso
Currency of ArgentinaCurrency of Argentina
LANGUAGE OF ARGENTINALANGUAGE OF ARGENTINA
The Official Language Of Argentina is Spanish
They are also use: ItalianGermanLevantine Arabic
LANGUAGE OF ARGENTINALANGUAGE OF ARGENTINA
An ethnic group is a group of human beings whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed
Languages spoken by members of ethnic groups/communities: English, Italian, German, French, Yiddish, Russian, Polish, Welsh, Armenian and Croatian.
•Roman Catholic - 76.5% •Religiously indifferent - 11.3% •Protestant - 9% •Jehovah's Witnesses - 1.2% •Muslims - 0.9% •Jewish - 2%
ReligionRoman Chatholic
Religiously indifferentProtestant
Jehovah's WitnessesMuslims
Jewish
•Educated Population – 77.2%
•Male – 45.7%
•Female – 31.5%
Level Schools Teachers 1 StudentsInitial 16,298 79,721 1,324,529Primary 22,196 289,898 4,683,963Secondary 22,080 133,225 3,372,411Vocational 1,870 15,747 509,134Universities 85 117,359 1,527,3101 excludes 185,776 teachers not classified by level
• Fertile plains of the pampas•Lead• Zinc• Tin• Copper• Iron ore• Manganese• Petroleum• Uranium
Land use:
Arable land: 9%
Permanent crops: 1%
Permanent pastures: 52%
Forests and woodland: 19%
Other: 19%
Irrigated land: 17000 sq km.
•Record high temperature of 52.3 °C (126.1 °F), was recorded at Villa de
Maria, Córdoba on January 25, 1989.
•The lowest temperature recorded was −40 °C (−40.0 °F) at Valle de los
Patos Superior, San Juan, July 8, 1966.
Monument to the Argentine Flag, Rosario
Puerto Madero Docklands, Buenos Aires.
PLACE OF INTEREST
San Martin Boulevard, Mendoza
Córdoba city centre
PLACE OF INTEREST
Monte Fitz Roy in Argentina
Iguzoa Fall
• Food
• Sports
• Music
• Arts
•Lifestyle
FOOD•Pizza•Spaghetti and lasagna•Parrillada•Milanesa•Carbonada
Music•Tango
•The Folklore
ArtsLifestyle
Sports
Argentina won its first World Cup in 1978
•Bus
•Train
•Tram
•Cargo
•Taxi
•Air Bus
Cristina FARNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER.
The Argentina National Congress
System Of Government
The President Of Argentina
Presidential Representative Democratic Republican Country
System Of Government Minister of Science
and technology Minister of Social
Development Minister of Defense Chief of the Cabinet Minister of Foreign
Relations
The Ministry of Defense and Army Headquarters, Buenos Aires.
8.50% 8.70%7.00%
0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
8.00%
10.00%
Year 2006 Year 2007 Year 2008
GDP Growth Rate
fig: GDP By Sectors
9.80% 4%
5.90%
18.60%
9.80% 14.50%
21.50%
16.10%
Agriculture
Mining
Manufacturing
Construction
Commerce & tourism
Transport & Utilities
Business Services
Government & OtherServices
8.53
9.038.84
8.2
8.4
8.6
8.8
9
9.2
Year 2008 Year 2007 Year2006
Distribution Of Argentine GNP
Distribution of Expenses
30.90%
14.30%11.60%
11.60%
6.80%
6.40%
6.40%
12.00% Social security
Health
Debt service
Energy and infrastucture
Education
Labor programs
defense
Other
Dstribution Of Revenues
26.80%
26.40%18.70%
15.60%
12.50%
Value-added taxes
Social security
Income taxe
Customs duties
Other
Export goods by percentage
23.40%
4.90%6.20%
9.30%4.40%6.50%
24.50%
9.70%11.10%
Soybeans and byproducts
aluminum and steel
chemicals
motor vehicles and parts
natural gas and petroleum
refined fuels
all other (mostly processedagricultural products)
cereals (mostly maize andwheat)
other industrial products
Import Goods By Percentage
39.40%
35.20%
12.80%
7.50% 5.10%Industrial and computing parts
Industrial supplies
Consumer durables
Fuels and lubricants
Consumer non-durables
9.80% 8.50%7.20%
0.00%
2.00%
4.00%
6.00%
8.00%
10.00%
Year 2006 Year 2007 Year 2008
Distribution Of Inflation Rate