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Capital Argentina : |
Buenos Aires .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Argentina :
| Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km .
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| Climate Argentina :
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest .
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| Life expectancy Argentina :
| 75.7 years .
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| Fertility rate Argentina :
| 2.24 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Argentina :
| republic .
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| Population Argentina :
| 39,144,753 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Argentina :
| 2,766,890 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Argentina :
| 8,009,400 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Argentina :
| 6.5 million (2002) .
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| International Country Code Argentina :
| 54.
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| Current account balance Argentina :
| $7.855 billion (2003) |
| HIV Argentina :
| 0.7% (2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Argentina :
| 51.7% (May 2003) |
| Literacy Argentina :
| 97,10% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Argentina :
| NA |
| House hold income highest than 10% Argentina :
| NA |
| Inflation Argentina :
| 13.4% (2003) |
| Unemployment Rate Argentina :
| 17.3% (2003) |
| Internet Users Argentina :
| 4.1 million (2002) |
| Location Argentina :
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay |
| Geographic Coordinates Argentina :
| 34 00 S, 64 00 W |
| Religion Argentina :
| nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4% |
| Administrative region Argentina :
| 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 autonomous city* (distrito federal); Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Capital Federal*, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur, Tucuman |
| Terrain Argentina :
| rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border |
| Elevation extremes lowest Argentina :
| Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) |
| Elevation extremes highest Argentina :
| Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza) |
| Natural resources Argentina :
| fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium |
| Land use arable land Argentina :
| 12,31% |
| Land use permanentcrops Argentina :
| 0,48% |
| Irrigated land Argentina :
| 15,610 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Argentina :
| San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding |
| Environment current issues Argentina :
| environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution |
| Geography note Argentina :
| second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); Cerro Aconcagua is South America's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbon is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere |
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