Argentina

Argentina is the second largest country in South America and is borderes by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast and Chile in the west and south.


Official Name: Argentine Republic
Capital: Buenos Aires
Official language: Spanish
Goverment: Federal Republic
President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Total extension: 2,766,890 km2
Population: 40,134,425 habitants
Currency: Peso
Official Religion: Roman Catholicism


Interesting facts
The popular dance form ‘Tango’ belongs to Argentina.

The Majority of the population in Argentina is of European origin
The hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in South America have occurred in Argentina.

Argentina is divided into 23 provinces.