Argentina

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Argentina is bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Uruguay and Brazil to the northeast, and Chile to the south and east. Argentina claims the British controlled territories of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands. Argentina claims 374,312 sq mi of Antarctica, known as the Argentine Antarctica, overlapping many other claims made by the United Kingdomand Chile. The capital and largest city of Argentina is Buenos Aires. The president of Argentina is Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the Vice President is Julio Cobos. Argentina's Per capita is $15,200.

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Geography

Argentina is on the continent South America. The area comparative of Argentina is slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US. The climate is mostly temperate and arid in southeast and subantarctic in the southwest. The natural resources of Argentina are the fertile plains of the pampas, lead, tin, zinc, iron ore, manganese, copper, petroleum, and uranium. The total area of Argentina (not including the Antarctic claim), as the following:

Total: 1,073,514 mi²
Land: 1,700,498 mi²
Water: 18,765 mi²

Argentina is nearly 3,182 mi long from north to south, and 870 mi from west to east. Argentina can be divided into six parts:

Pampas
Gran Chaco
Mesopotamia
Patagonia
Cuyo
Northwest

The highest point in Argentina that is above sea level is located in Mendoza. Cerro Aconcagua, at 22,834 feet is the highest mountain the Southern, in the Americas, and the Western Hemisphere. The lowest point in Argentina is Laguna del Carbón in Santa Cruz, −344 feet below sea level. This is the lowest point on the South American continent.

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People

The population of Argentina is 40,301,927. The Infant mortality rate of Argentina is 14 deaths out of 1,000 live births. The Life expectancy of Argentina for males is 73 years and females is 80 years. The Ethnic groups of Argentina are white (mostly Spanish and Italian) at 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), and Amerindian or other non-white groups at 3%. The religions of Argentina are Roman Catholic at 92%, Protestant at 2%, Jewish at 2%, and other at 4%. The languages spoken in Argentina are Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, and French. The literacy rate for males is 97% and for females it is 97%.

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