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{{Otheruses}} {{Infobox_Country| native_name = ''RepÃºblica Argentina'' | conventional_long_name = Argentine Republic | common_name = Argentina | image_flag = Flag of Argentina.svg | image_coat = Argentina_coa.png | image_map = LocationArgentina.png | national_motto = Spanish language Spanish: ''En UniÃ³n y Libertad''
(English language English: "In Union and Liberty")| national_anthem = ''Argentine National Anthem Himno Nacional Argentino'' | official_languages = Spanish language Spanish| capital = Buenos Aires | latd=34|latm=20|latNS=S|longd=58|longm=30|longEW=W| largest_city = Buenos Aires | government_type= Democracy Democratic Federal Republic | leader_titles = President of Argentina President| leader_names = NÃ©stor Kirchner | area_rank = 8th | area_magnitude = 1_E12 | area=2,791,810*| areamiÂ² = 1,077,924*| percent_water = 1.1 | population_estimate = 39,538,000 | population_estimate_year = 2005 | population_estimate_rank = 31st | population_census= 36,260,130| population_census_year= 2001| population_density = 13 | population_densitymiÂ² = 33.7 | population_density_rank= 165th| GDP_PPP_year=2005| GDP_PPP = US$ 537.2 billion [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ar.html#Econ]| GDP_PPP_rank =22nd | GDP_PPP_per_capita = US$ 14,087 | GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 52nd | HDI_year = 2003 | HDI = 0.863 | HDI_rank = 34th | HDI_category = high | sovereignty_type = Independence| established_events = - May Revolution
- Argentine Declaration of Independence Declared
- Recognised | established_dates = from Spain
25 May 1810
9 July 1816
in 1821 (by Portugal) | currency = Argentine Peso Peso | currency_code = ARS | time_zone= Time in Argentina ART | utc_offset= -3 | time_zone_DST= ARST | utc_offset_DST= -3 | cctld= .ar | calling_code = 54 | footnotes = ^* Argentina also claims 1,000,000 kmÂ² of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. For a total of 3,761,274 sq. km (1,452,236 sq mi). }} {{wiktionarypar|Argentina}} The '''Argentine Republic''' (Spanish language Spanish: ''RepÃºblica Argentina'', International Phonetic Alphabet IPA {{IPA|[reËˆpuÎ²lika aÉ¾xÉ›nËˆtina]}}) is a country in South America, situated between the Andes peaks in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast, and Chile in the west and south. It also claims the British overseas territory British overseas territories of the Falkland Islands (Spanish language Spanish: ''Islas Malvinas'') and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Under the name of Argentine Antarctica, it claims around 1,000,000 square kilometres (386,000 square miles sq. mi) of Antarctica, overlapping other claims by Chile and the United Kingdom. By area, it is the second largest country of South America after Brazil and the 8th largest country in the world. The country is formally named ''RepÃºblica Argentina'' {{audio|1=es-Argentina.ogg|2=(pronunciation)}} (Argentine Republic), while for purposes of Law of Argentina legislation the form ''NaciÃ³n Argentina'' (Argentine Nation) is used.

Origin and history of the name
{{main|Origin and history of the name of Argentina}} The name '''Argentina''' derives from the Latin ''argentum'' (silver). The first Spain Spanish conquistadors called the River Plate the RÃo de la Plata ("River of Silver"). Indigenous people gave silver gifts to the survivors of the shipwrecked expedition, who were led by Juan DÃaz de SolÃs. The legend of Sierra del Plata — a mountain rich in silver — reached Spain around 1524. The name Argentina was first used in Ruy DÃaz de GuzmÃ¡n's 1612 book ''Historia del descubrimiento, poblaciÃ³n, y conquista del RÃo de la Plata'' (History of the discovery, population, and conquest of the RÃo de la Plata), naming the territory ''Tierra Argentina'' (Land of Silver).

History
{{main|History of Argentina}} The area of present Argentina was sparsely populated until it was colonized by Europeans. The native people known as Diaguita lived in northwestern Argentina on the edge of the expanding Inca Empire; the GuaranÃ lived farther east. Europeans arrived in 1502. Spain established a permanent colony on the site of Buenos Aires in 1580, and the Viceroyalty of the RÃo de la Plata in 1776. Argentine Declaration of Independence Independence from Spain was declared on July 9 1816. Centralist and federationist groups were in conflict, until national unity was established and the Constitution of Argentina constitution promulgated in 1853. Foreign investment and Immigration in Argentina immigration from Europe aided the introduction of modern agricultural techniques and integration of Argentina into the world economy in the late 19th century. In the 1880s the "Conquest of the Desert" subdued or exterminated the remaining native tribes throughout Patagonia. From 1880 to 1930 Argentina became one of the ten wealthiest nations. Conservative forces dominated Argentine politics until 1916, when their traditional rivals, the Radical Civic Union Radicals, won control of the government. The military forced HipÃ³lito Yrigoyen from power in 1930 leading to another decade of Conservative rule. Political change led to the presidency of Juan PerÃ³n in 1946, who aimed at empowering the working class and greatly expanded the number of unionised workers. The RevoluciÃ³n Libertadora of 1955 deposed him. In the 1950s and 1960s, military and civilian administrations traded power. When military governments failed to revive the economy and suppress escalating terrorism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the way was open for PerÃ³n's return to the presidency in 1973, with his third wife, Isabel PerÃ³n MarÃa Estela Isabel MartÃnez de PerÃ³n, as Vice President. During this period, extremists on the political left left and political right right carried out terrorism terrorist acts with a frequency that threatened public order. Image:Buenos Aires-2672f-Banco de la NaciÃ³n Argentina.jpg thumb|250px|Bank of the Argentine Nation, Buenos Aires PerÃ³n died in 1974. His wife succeeded him in office, but a military coup removed her from office in 1976, and the armed forces formally exercised power through a junta in charge of the self-appointed Proceso de ReorganizaciÃ³n Nacional National Reorganisation Process, until 1983. The armed forces repressed opposition using harsh illegal measures (the "Dirty War"); thousands of dissidents were "desaparecidos disappeared", while the SIDE cooperated with DINA and other South American intelligence agencies, and allegedly with the CIA in Operation Condor. Many of the military leaders that took part in the Dirty War were trained in the United States U.S. financed School of the Americas, among them Argentine dictators Leopoldo Galtieri and Roberto Viola. Economic problems, charges of corruption, public revulsion in the face of human rights abuses and, finally, the country's 1982 defeat in the Falklands War discredited the Argentine military regime. Democracy was restored in 1983. RaÃºl AlfonsÃn's Radical government took steps intending to account for the "disappeared", establishing civilian control of the armed forces and consolidating democratic institutions. Failure to resolve endemic economic problems and an inability to maintain public confidence caused his early departure. President Carlos Menem imposed Argentine peso peso-US dollar dollar fixed exchange rate in 1991 to stop hyperinflation, and adopted far-reaching market-based policies, dismantling protectionism protectionist barriers and business deregulation regulations, and implementing a privatisation program. These reforms contributed to significant increases in investment and growth with stable prices through most of the 1990s. The Menem and Fernando de la RÃºa de la RÃºa administrations faced diminished competitiveness of exports, massive imports which damaged national industry and reduced employment, chronic fiscal and trade deficits, and the contagion of several economic crises. The Asian financial crisis in 1998 precipitated an outflow of capital that mushroomed into a recession, which led to a total freezing of the bank accounts (the ''corralito''), and culminated in a financial panic in November 2001. The next month, amidst December 2001 riots (Argentina) bloody riots, President de la RÃºa resigned. In 2 weeks, several new presidents followed in quick succession with finally Eduardo Duhalde appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly on 2 January 2002. Argentina default (finance) defaulted on its international debt obligations. The peso's almost 12-year-old linkage to the US dollar was abandoned, resulting in massive devaluation currency depreciation and inflation, in turn triggering a spike in unemployment and poverty. In the worst crisis ever and for first time in modern history, a military coup was not an option and democracy shows to be in his strongest moment. With a more competitive exchange, the country started implementing new policies based on re-industrialization, import substitution, increased exports, consistent fiscal surplus, and high exchange rate. By the end of 2002, the economy began to become stabilized. In 2003, NÃ©stor Kirchner became elected president. During Kirchner's presidency Argentina restructured its defaulted debt with a steep discount (about 70%) on most bonds, renegotiated contracts with utilities and nationalized previously privatized industries.

Politics
Image:Buenos Aires Congreso stock xchng 214239.jpg thumb|250px|Congress building in Buenos Aires {{main|Politics of Argentina}} {{seealso|Law of Argentina}} The Constitution of Argentina Argentine constitution of 1853, as 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution revised in 1994, mandates a Separation of powers into Executive (government) executive, legislative, and judiciary judicial branches at the national and provincial level. The president of Argentina president and vice-president are directly elected to 4-year terms. Both are limited to two consecutive terms; they are allowed to stand for a third term or more after an interval of at least one term. The president appoints cabinet (government) cabinet ministers, and the constitution grants him considerable power as both head of state and head of government, including authority to enact laws by presidential decree under conditions of "urgency and necessity" and the line-item veto. Argentina's parliament is the bicameral National Congress or ''Argentine National Congress Congreso de la NaciÃ³n'', consisting of a Senate (''Argentine Senate Senado'') of 72 seats and a Chamber of Deputies (''Argentine Chamber of Deputies CÃ¡mara de Diputados'') of 257 members. Since 2001, senators have been directly elected, with each province, including the Federal Capital, represented by three senators. Senators serve 6-year terms. One-third of the Senate stands for reelection every 2 years via a partial majority system in each district. Members of the Chamber of Deputies are directly elected to 4-year term via a system of proportional representation. Voters elect half the members of the lower house every 2 years.

Foreign relations
{{main|Foreign relations of Argentina}} {{seealso|Military of Argentina}} Argentina is currently prompting the Mercosur as its first external priority, contrasting with the 1990s' emphasis in the relationship with the United States.

Administrative divisions
Image:Argentina provinces.png framed|Provinces of Argentina. Argentine Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands (23) not shown. {{main|Provinces of Argentina}} {{seealso|Governors in Argentina}} Argentina is divided into 23 provinces (''provincias''; singular: ''provincia''), and 1 autonomous city (commonly known as ''capital federal''), marked with an asterisk: {| | # Buenos Aires Ciudad AutÃ³noma de Buenos Aires^* # Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (Province) # Catamarca Province Catamarca # Chaco Province Chaco # Chubut Province Chubut # CÃ³rdoba Province (Argentina) CÃ³rdoba # Corrientes Province Corrientes # Entre RÃos Province Entre RÃos # Formosa Province Formosa # Jujuy Province Jujuy # La Pampa Province La Pampa # La Rioja Province (Argentina) La Rioja |

|} ^* The current official name for the federal district is "Ciudad AutÃ³noma de Buenos Aires". Buenos Aires has been the capital of Argentina since its unification, but there have been projects to move the administrative centre elsewhere. During the presidency of RaÃºl AlfonsÃn a law was passed ordering the move of the federal capital to Viedma, a city in the Patagonic province of RÃo Negro. Studies were underway when hyperinflation, in 1989, killed off the project. Though the law was never formally repealed, it has become a mere historical relic, and the project has been forgotten.

Urbanization
{{main|List of cities in Argentina}} Image:Tucuman_govthouse.JPG thumb|250px|right|Government house of TucumÃ¡n About 2.7 million people live in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and roughly 11.5 million in Gran Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires (2001), making it one of the largest urban conglomerates in the world. Together with their respective metropolitan areas, the second and third largest cities in Argentina, CÃ³rdoba, Argentina CÃ³rdoba and Rosario, comprise about 1.3 and 1.1 million inhabitants, respectively. Most European immigration in Argentina immigrants to Argentina (coming in great waves especially around the World War I and II) settled in the cities, which offered jobs, education, and other opportunities that enabled newcomers to enter the middle class. Since the 1930s many rural workers have moved to the big cities. The 1990s saw many rural towns become ghost towns when train services were abandoned and local products manufactured on a small scale were replaced by massive amounts of imported cheap goods, in part because of the monetary policy which kept the U.S. dollar exchange rate fixed and low. Many slums (''villa miseria villas miseria'') sprouted in the outskirts of the largest cities, inhabited by empoverished low-class urban dwellers, migrants from smaller towns in the interior of the country, and also a great number of immigrants from neighbouring countries that came during the time of the convertibility and did not leave after the 2001 crisis. Argentina's urban areas have a European look, reflecting the influence of their European settlers. Many towns and cities are built like Spanish cities around a main square called a plaza. A cathedral and important government buildings often face the plaza. The general layout of the cities is called a ''damero'', that is, a checkerboard, since it is based on a pattern of square blocks, though modern developments sometimes depart from it (for example, the city of La Plata, built at the end of the 19th century, is organised as a checkerboard plus diagonal avenues at fixed intervals). In descending order by number of inhabitants, the major cities in Argentina are Buenos Aires, CÃ³rdoba, Argentina CÃ³rdoba, Rosario, Mendoza, La Plata, TucumÃ¡n, Mar del Plata, Salta, Santa Fe, Argentina Santa Fe, and BahÃa Blanca.

Geography
Image:Ar-map.png 200px|thumb|Map of Argentina {{main|Geography of Argentina}} Argentina can roughly be divided into three parts: the fertile plains of the Pampas in the central part of the country, the centre of Argentina's agriculture agricultural wealth; the flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in the southern half down to Tierra del Fuego; and the rugged Andes mountain range along the western border with Chile, with the highest point being the Cerro Aconcagua at 6,960 metres (22,834 foot (unit of length) ft). Major rivers include the Paraguay River Paraguay, Bermejo River Bermejo, Colorado River (Argentina) Colorado, Uruguay River Uruguay and the largest river, the ParanÃ¡ River ParanÃ¡. The latter two flow together before meeting the Atlantic Ocean, forming the estuary of the RÃo de la Plata. The Argentine climate is predominantly temperate climate temperate with extremes ranging from subtropical climate subtropical in the north to arid/sub-Antarctic in far south.

Enclaves and exclaves
There is one Argentine exclave: the island of MartÃn GarcÃa (co-ordinates {{coor dm|34|11|S|58|15|W}}). It is situated near the confluence of the ParanÃ¡ and Uruguay rivers, a mere kilometre (0.62 mi) inside Uruguayan waters, about 3.5 kilometres (2.1 mi) from the Uruguayan coastline, near the small city of MartÃn Chico (itself about halfway between Nueva Palmira and Colonia del Sacramento). An agreement reached by Argentina and Uruguay in 1973 reaffirmed Argentine jurisdiction over the island, ending a century-old dispute between the two countries. According to the terms of the agreement, MartÃn GarcÃa is to be devoted exclusively to a natural preserve. Its area is about 2 square kilometres (500 acres), and the population about 200 people.

Economy
{{main|Economy of Argentina}} {{seealso|Tourism in Argentina}} Image:Buenos Aires Monserrat.jpg thumb|250px|Subway station in Monserrat, Buenos Aires Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agriculture agricultural sector, and a diversified industry industrial base. The country historically had a large middle class, compared to other Latin American countries, but this segment of the population was decimated by a succession of economic crises. Today, while a significant segment of the population is still financially well-off, they stay in sharp contrast with millions who live in poverty or on the brink of it. Since the late 1970s the country piled up public debt and was plagued by bouts of high inflation. In 1991, the government fixed exchange rate pegged the peso to the United States dollar U. S. dollar and limited the growth in the monetary base. The government then embarked on a path of free trade trade liberalisation, deregulation, and privatisation. Inflation dropped and gross domestic product GDP grew, but external economic shocks and failures of the system diluted its benefits, causing it to crumble in slow motion, from 1995 and up to the Argentine economic crisis collapse in 2001. By 2002 Argentina had default (finance) defaulted on its debt, its GDP had shrunk, unemployment was over 25%, the peso had devaluation devalued 75% after being floating exchange rate floated, and inflation was hitting again. However, careful spending control and heavy taxes on now soaring exports gave the state the tools to regain resources and conduct monetary policy. In 2003, import substitution policies and soaring exports, coupled with a lower inflation and expansive economic measures, triggered a surge in the GDP, which was repeated in 2004, creating jobs and encouraging internal consumption. Capital flight decreased, and foreign investment slowly returned. The influx of foreign currency from exports created such a huge trade surplus that the Central Bank was forced to buy dollars from the market, which it continues to do at the time, to be accumulated as reserve currency reserves. The situation in 2005 is much improved, but there are still large numbers of unemployed people that beg for some money or food, especially in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Some of them are homeless, and there is at least one small non-profit humanitarian organisation which distributes free food to some of them most days of the week. However, Argentina is still the most developed country in Latin America. It boasts the highest GDP per capita, the highest levels of education measured by university attendance, and a reasonable infrastructure that in many aspects is equal in quality to that found in fully industrialized nations. In 2002 over 57% of the population was below the poverty line, at the end of 2005 it was 33.8%. In 2002 unemployement had reached over 25%, and by December 2005 it was 10.2%. GDP per capita has surpassed the previous pre-recession peek of 1998. The economy grew 8.9% in 2003, 9.0% in 2004, and 9.2% in 2005; figures no lower than 6% and up to about 8% are predicted for 2006. The foreign debt now stands at 69% of GDP and is slowly decreasing.

Demographics
Image:TeatroColon.JPG thumb|right|300px|Night shot of the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina {{main|Demographics of Argentina}} Unlike most of its neighbouring countries, Argentina's population descends overwhelmingly from Europeans. The basic demographic stock (97% of the population) [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ar.html] is made up of descendants of Spain Spanish, Italy Italian, Germany German and other European settlers. Waves of immigrants from European countries arrived in the late 19th century 19th and early 20th century 20th centuries. The Patagonian Chubut Valley has a significant Welsh settlement in Argentina Welsh-descended population and retains many aspects of Wales Welsh culture. Other important immigrant groups came from Germany (Germany German colonies were settled in the provinces of Entre RÃos, Misiones, Formosa, CÃ³rdoba and the Patagonian region, as well as in Buenos Aires itself), France (mostly settled in Buenos Aires city and province), Scandinavia (especially Sweden), the United Kingdom and Ireland (Buenos Aires and Patagonia), and Eastern European nations, such as Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the Balkans region (especially Croatia and Serbia) and others. The overwhelming majority of Argentina's Jewish community, numbering about 395,379 [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/jewpop.html], also derives from immigrants of Northern and Eastern European origin — Ashkenazi Jews. It is the largest Jewish community in Latin America and fifth largest in the world. Small numbers of people from Far East Asia have also settled Argentina, mainly in Buenos Aires. The first Asian-Argentines were of Japanese descent, but Koreans, Vietnamese, and China Chinese soon followed. There are also smaller numbers of people from the Indian subcontinent.

Culture
Image:Buenos_Aires-Center-P3050007.JPG thumb|European and modern styles in Buenos Aires {{main|Culture of Argentina}} {{seealso|List of Argentines}} Argentine culture has been primarily informed and influenced by its European roots. Buenos Aires is undeniably the most European city in South America and considered by many its cultural capital, due both to the prevalence of people of Italian, Spanish and German descent and to conscious imitation. Argentina has a rich history of world renowned literature, including one of 20th century most critically acclaimed writers, Jorge Luis Borges. Argentine cinema has achieved international recognition with films such as "The Official Story" and "Nine Queens", though it has only rarely been taken into account by mainstream popular viewers who prefer Hollywood-type movies. Even low-budget productions, however, have obtained prizes in cinema festivals (such as Cannes). The city of Mar del Plata organizes its own festival dedicated to this art. The best-known element of Argentine culture is probably their music and dance, particularly tango (dance) tango. In modern Argentina, tango music is enjoyed in its own right, especially since the radical Astor Piazzolla redefined the music of Carlos Gardel. It must be noted that, to foreigners, tango refers mostly to a particular dancing music, but the music together with the lyrics (often sung in a kind of slang called lunfardo) are what most Argentines primarily mean by tango. Tango lyrics can be considered a kind of poetry. Since the 1970s rock and roll is also widely appreciated in Argentina. First during the 1970s and then again at the mid 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, national rock and roll and pop music experienced bursts of popularity, with many new bands (such as Soda Stereo and Sumo) and composers (like Charly GarcÃa and Fito PÃ¡ez) becoming important referents of national culture. Buenos Aires is also considered the techno/electronica country in Latin America, that started with little raves, and nowadays is home of important events such as Creamfields (which has the world record of 65,000 people), South American Music Conference and many more. European classical music is well-considered in Argentina, with the ColÃ³n Theater one of the best opera houses in the world. Classical musicians such as Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim; and classical composers like Alberto Ginastera have become internationally famous. Argentina has a wide variety of typical foods (Spanish language Spanish: ''Comidas tÃpicas''), which include: Empanadas, a stuffed pastry; Locro, a mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon, onion, and gourd; and Chorizo, a meat-based spicy sausage. The Argentine barbecue (Spanish language Spanish: ''Asado argentino'') is one of the most famous in the world including various types of meats, among them the ''chorizo'', ''mollejas'', ''chinchulÃn'', and the ''morcilla.'' See also the articles on the Cuisine of Argentina cuisine, the Music of Argentina music, and the Football in Argentina football (Spanish language Spanish: ''FÃºtbol'') of Argentina. For a prevalent custom among Argentines, see Yerba Mate mate. For the traditional Buenos Aires dance, see tango (dance) tango.

Language
{{main|List of Native American languages in Argentina}} {{seealso|Welsh settlement in Argentina}} Image:Buenos Aires-Puente de la Mujer.jpg thumb|250px|Women's Bridge in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires The only official language is Spanish language Spanish, although some immigrants and indigenous communities have retained their List of Native American languages in Argentina original languages in specific points of the country. There are, for example many Welsh language Welsh-speaking towns in Patagonia and German language German-speaking cities in CÃ³rdoba, Buenos Aires and Patagonia. Italian, English and French are widely spoken and other languages such as Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Russian are easily found in Buenos Aires, where the main foreign communities settled their ''barrios'' (neighborhoods). Argentina is the largest Spanish language Spanish-speaking community in the world that employs ''voseo'' (the use of the pronoun ''vos'' instead of ''tÃº'', associated with some alternate verb conjugations). The most prevalent dialect is Rioplatense Spanish Rioplatense, with most speakers located in the basin of the RÃo de la Plata. The Rioplatense accent is considerably different from all other forms of Spanish. A phonetic study conducted by the Laboratory for Sensory Investigations of CONICET and the University of Toronto showed that the accent of the inhabitants of Buenos Aires (known locally as PorteÃ±os) is closer to the Napolitano Italian dialect than any other spoken language. According to the study, this can be traced to the influx of Italian immigrants through the port city during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The Italian immigration had a profound influence on Lunfardo, the slang spoken in Buenos Aires and the RÃo de la Plata, which has since permeated popular vocabulary in the region.

Religion
{{main|Religion in Argentina}} Argentina is an overwhelmingly Christian country. The majority of Argentina's population (80%) is at least nominally Roman Catholic. Roman Catholicism is supported by the state, as stipulated in the Constitution. Evangelical churches gained a place in Argentina especially since the 1980s and now number more than 3.5 million or 10%. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) number over 330,300, the seventh largest concentration in the world[http://www.lds.org.ar/noticias2005/noti_ene2005/info_noti_ene2005_05.htm]. Traditional Protestant communities are also present. The country also hosts the largest Judaism Jewish population in Latin America, about 395,379 strong. It is also home to one of the largest mosques in Latin America, serving Argentina's small Islam Muslim community. Islam is the fastest growing religion in Argentina. Argentina has more muslims that any other South American country.

See also
* Argentine Antarctica * Communications in Argentina * Education in Argentina * Elections in Argentina * Foreign relations of Argentina * Governors in Argentina * Military of Argentina * National parks of Argentina * Public holidays in Argentina * Tourism in Argentina * Transportation in Argentina

References
*"Argentina." New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. Ed. Joseph Laffan Morse. Vol. 1. New York City: Unicorn Publishers, Inc., 1954. 364-374.
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External links
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Government
*{{es icon}} [http://www.info.gov.ar Gobierno ElectrÃ³nico] - Official government website *{{es icon}} [http://www.presidencia.gov.ar Presidencia de la NaciÃ³n] - Official presidential website *{{es icon}} [http://www.senado.gov.ar Honorable Senado de la NaciÃ³n] - Official senatorial website *{{es icon}} [http://www.diputados.gov.ar Honorable CÃ¡mara de Diputados de la NaciÃ³n] - Official lower house website

Directories
*{{en icon}} [http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/argentina/argentina.html Library of Congress] *{{en icon}} [http://dmoz.org/Regional/South_America/Argentina Open Directory Project] *{{es icon}} [http://ar.todalanet.net Todalanet] - Search engine of Argentine only websites

News
*{{es icon}} [http://www.telam.com.ar TÃ©lam] (Official news agency) *{{de icon}} [http://www.tageblatt.com.ar Argentinisches Tageblatt] (Argentinisches Tageblatt See article) *{{en icon}} [http://www.buenosairesherald.com Buenos Aires Herald] (Buenos Aires Herald See article) *{{es icon}} [http://www.clarin.com ClarÃn] (ClarÃn (Newspaper) See article) *{{es icon}} [http://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar Diario de Cuyo] (San Juan, Argentina San Juan) *{{es icon}} [http://www.elliberal.com.ar El Liberal] (Santiago del Estero) *{{es icon}} [http://www.lacapital.com.ar La Capital] (La Capital See article) *{{es icon}} [http://www.diariouno.net.ar Diario UNO] (Mendoza) *{{es icon}} [http://www.losandes.com.ar Diario Los Andes] (Mendoza) *{{es icon}} [http://www.eldiariodeparana.com.ar El Diario] (ParanÃ¡) *{{es icon}} [http://www.eltribuno.com.ar El Tribuno] (Salta) *{{es icon}} [http://www.infobae.com Infobae] (Buenos Aires) *{{es icon}} [http://www.lavozdelinterior.com.ar La Voz del Interior] (CÃ³rdoba, Argentina CÃ³rdoba) *{{es icon}} [http://www.lagaceta.com.ar La Gaceta] (TucumÃ¡n) *{{es icon}} [http://www.lanacion.com La NaciÃ³n] (La NaciÃ³n See article) *{{es icon}} [http://www.larazon.com.ar La RazÃ³n] (Buenos Aires) *{{es icon}} [http://www.lanueva.com.ar La Nueva Provincia] (BahÃa Blanca) *{{es icon}} [http://www.pagina12.com.ar PÃ¡gina/12] (PÃ¡gina 12 See article) *{{es icon}} [http://www.lacapitalnet.com.ar La Capital] (Mar del Plata) *{{es icon}} [http://www.lavozdelpueblo.com.ar La Voz del Pueblo] (Tres Arroyos)

Images
*{{es icon}} [http://cometoargentina.tripod.com/ Mundo Argentina] *{{es icon}} [http://www.vester.com.ar/argentina/ Regions, landscapes and people] *{{en icon}} [http://www.geographicguide.com/south-america.htm South America Pictures] *{{en icon}} [http://www.geographicguide.com/south-america-map.htm South America Maps] *{{en icon}} [http://www.globe-images.com/south-america.htm South America Satellite Images] *{{es icon}} [http://www.fotos-de-argentina.com.ar/ Photos of Argentina]

Travel
*{{es icon}} [http://www.turismo.gov.ar/ Secretaria de Turismo de la Nacion] - Official tourism website *{{es icon}} [http://www.argentinatravelnet.com/ Directory of travel websites] *{{en icon}} [http://www.allaboutar.com/ Complete Argentina Travel Information] *{{en icon}} [http://www.roadjunky.com/argentina/guide_argentina.shtml Travel tips and a deep look at Argentine culture] *{{en icon}} [http://www.argentinacafe.com/ Guidebook reviews and flight tips] *{{en icon}} [http://www.destination360.com/south-america/argentina/argentina.php Travel highlights] *{{en icon}} [http://www.thowra.com/argentina.html Interesting places] *{{en icon}} [http://www.VisitGayBA.com VisitGayBA.com] *{{en icon}} {{wikitravel}}

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*{{es icon}} [http://www.josemariarosa.galeon.com/ JosÃ© MarÃa Rosa historian] *{{es icon}} [http://www.elhistoriador.com.ar/ Felipe Pigna historian] *{{en icon}} [http://www.argentina-information.com/ Essential facts and other information] *{{en icon}} [http://www.coha.org Council on Hemispheric Affairs] *{{en icon}} [http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/argentina Latin Business Chronicle] *{{en icon}} [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ar.html CIA World Factbook] *{{en icon}} [http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/search.tkl?q=argentina&search_crit=fulltext&search=Search&date1=Anytime&date2=Anytime&type=form CRS Reports regarding Argentina]

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