Argentine Republic República Argentina CAPITAL: Buenos Aires FLAG: The national flag consists of a white horizontal stripe between two light blue horizontal stripes. Centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face. ANTHEM:...
After a period of relative stability in the 1990s, Argentina has faced renewed economic turmoil as its recession deepened from 1998 to 2001. A period of intense political upheaval marked the country in late 2001 as the government resorted to desperate...
The word Argentina is derived from the Latin word "argentum," which in English means silver. For this reason Argentina is sometimes called "The Land of Silver." The official name of the country is Republic of Argentina....
Argentina Argentina is South America's second largest country; its 2.78 million square kilometers (1.07 million square miles) extend almost 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles) from its subtropical north to its sub-Antarctic south. It encompasses...
Argentina POPULATION 37,812,817 ROMAN CATHOLIC 88.0 percent PROTESTANT 7.0 percent MUSLIM 2.0 percent JEWISH 1.5 percent OTHER OR NONAFFILIATED 1.5 percent Country Overview Introduction The Argentine Republic is, by area, the eighth largest country in...
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina, Nación Argentina (Argentine Nation) for many legal purposes), is a South American country, second in size on the continent to Brazil and eighth in the world. Argentina...
