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Argentina Essay

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Argentina is a federal republic in southern South America on the border of

Bolivia and Paraguay; on the east by Brazil, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean,

on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and Chile, and on the west by Chile. The

country is the biggest country on the south side and is triangular in shape, with

the base in the north and the corner at Punta Dungeness, the southeastern tip of

the continent. The length of Argentina in a northern to southern direction is

about 2,070 mi.. Its biggest width is about 860 mi.. The area of Argentina is

1,073,518 sq mi.. It is the second largest South American country, Brazil ranking

first. The capital and largest city is Buenos Aires. …show more content…


About 85 percent of the population is of European origin. Unlike most

Latin American countries, Argentina has relatively few mestizos persons of

mixed European and Native American ancestry. Spanish and Italian immigrants

have predominated. According to the 1991 census, Argentina had a population

of 32,663,983.


Argentina has 23 provinces; the self-governing Distrito Federal which

consists of the city of Buenos Aires and several suburbs; the Argentine-claimed

sector of Antarctica; and several South Atlantic islands. The provinces are

grouped into five major areas: the Atlantic Coastal, or Littoral, provinces,

comprising Buenos Aires (excluding the city of Buenos Aires), Chaco,

Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Misiones, and Santa Fe; the Northern

provinces, comprising Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán; the

Central provinces, comprising Córdoba, La Pampa, and San Luis; the provinces

of the Andes, or Andina, comprising San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, La

Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, and San Juan; and the Patagonian provinces,

comprising Chubut, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego. Buenos Aires

is Argentina's capital and largest city. Other important cities include óCrdoba,

the river port of Rosario, La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires Province Mar del

Plata, a resort city at the mouth of

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