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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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| Sex ratio total Argentina :
| 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Argentina ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Argentina ratio 15 64 :
| 1 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Argentina ratio 65 :
| 0.7 male(s)/female .
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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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Divisions
Buenos Aires
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
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