Argentine Republic República Argentina (Spanish) | |
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Capital and largest city | Buenos Aires 34°36′S 58°23′W / 34.600°S 58.383°W |
Official languages |
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English, Italian, German, Chinese, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, Russian, Japanese, Dutch, Turkish | |
Ethnic groups | |
Demonym(s) | Argentine |
Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
Javier Milei | |
Victoria Villarruel | |
Martín Menem | |
Horacio Rosatti | |
Legislature | Congress |
Senate | |
Chamber of Deputies | |
Independence from Spain | |
25 May 1810 | |
• Declared | 9 July 1816 |
1 May 1853 | |
29 April 1857 | |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (8th) |
• Water (%) | 1.57 |
Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 42,669,500 |
• 2010 census | 40,117,096 (32nd) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (212th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate |
• Total | $927.382 billion (25th) |
• Per capita | $22,101 (55th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
• Total | $536.155 billion (24th) |
• Per capita | $12,778 (60th) |
Gini (2011) | ▼ 43.6 medium |
HDI (2013) | 0.808 very high · 49th |
Currency | Peso ($) (ARS) |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (CE) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +54 |
ISO 3166 code | AR |
Internet TLD | .ar |
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Argentina (officially the Argentine Republic) is a country in South America. Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth-largest country in the world.
Spanish is the most spoken language, and the official language, but many other languages are spoken. There are minorities speaking Italian, German, English, Quechua and even Welsh in Patagonia.