Argentina

Argentina


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Argentine Republic[1]

República Argentina



Flag Coat of arms



Motto: En unión y libertad

"In Unity and Freedom"

Anthem: Himno Nacional Argentino



Orthographic projection of Argentina

Capital

(and largest city) Buenos Aires

34°36′S 58°23′W / 34.6°S 58.383°W / -34.6; -58.383

Official languages Spanish

Ethnic groups 86.4% European (mostly Italian and Spanish), 8% Mestizo, 4% Arab and East Asian, 1.6% Amerindian [2][3]

Demonym Argentine, Argentinian, Argentinean

Government Federal presidential republic

- President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

- Vice President Julio Cobos

- Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti

Independence from Spain

- May Revolution 25 May 1810

- Declared 9 July 1816

Area

- Total 2,766,890 km2 (8th)

1,068,302 sq mi

- Water (%) 1.1

Population

- 2008 estimate 40,482,000 (33rd)

- 2001 census 36,260,130

GDP (PPP) 2008 estimate

- Total $572.668 billion[4] (23rd)

- Per capita $14,408[4] (57th)

GDP (nominal) 2008 estimate

- Total $324.767 billion[4] (31st)

- Per capita $8,171[4] (66th)

Gini (2006) 49[5] (high)

HDI (2007) ▲ 0.866[6] (high) (49th)

Currency Peso (ARS)

Time zone ART (UTC-3)

- Summer (DST) ART (UTC-2)

Drives on the right (trains ride on the left)

Internet TLD .ar

Calling code +54



Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina, pronounced [reˈpuβlika arxenˈtina]), is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. 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. Its continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. Argentina borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentina claims the British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It also claims a part of Antarctica, overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, though all claims were suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961.



Argentina has the second-highest Human Development Index and GDP per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America. Argentina is one of the G-20 major economies, with the world's 30th largest nominal GDP, and the 23rd largest when purchasing power is taken into account. The country is classified as upper-middle income or a secondary emerging market by the