Argentina - General Information

Name
Argentina comes from the Latin argentum which means silver

Location
Located in South America, Southern Hemisphere 34 00 S, 64 00 W

Capital
Buenos Aires

Area
2.8 million sq km

Geography
Argentina can be divided into three large areas of roughly equal size:

The North, a subtropical area, down to 30° Southern latitude, with hot and humid summers and mild winters.
Central Argentina, a temperate area, (between 30° and 40° Southern latitude) with warm summers and some frosts in winter.
Southern Argentina, also called Patagonia, is steppe area with dry and cool summers and extremely cold winters.

Climate

The country's territory offers a wide variety of climates: subtropical in the North, sub-Antartic in the southern Patagonia, and mild and humid in the Pampas plains.
Media temperature from November to March is 23 deg and 12 deg from June to September.

Population
36 million inhabitants
95% is white and most are descendants of Italians and Spaniards.

Language
Spanish is the official language.
Italian, English, French, German, indigenous languages

Religion
There is complete religion freedom in Argentina , although the official religion is Roman Catholic.

93% Roman Catholic
2.5% Protestant
2% Jewish
1.5% Ukrainian Catholic
1% Armenian Orthodox

Currency
ARS - Argentinean Peso

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