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.
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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
The country of Chile is located in western South America. The conditions vary with the mountains, deserts, and beaches.
Finally here is why you should go to Argentina. In Argentina there are beautiful lands like Moreno Glaciers, Lake Argentino and,
Did you know that Argentina has weird types of clothes and food? They have a lot of people that were famous born in Argentina. They also have different types of language than us. Argentina have a lot of beautiful landmarks and they’re weather is mostly stays in one temperature.
Punta Arenas is situated across the one of the most historic trade routes in the world the Magellan Strait, because of this the trade industry of Punta Arenas boomed. It is also the gateway of travelers and excursionists to the South Pole.
Bolivia is located in the central part of South America and is land locked a little to the west of Brazil and to the east of Chile. Bolivia has two capitols, an administrative and a constitutional capitol, La Paz is the administrative capitol and Sucre is the official capitol of Bolivia. In 2014 Bolivia had an estimated population of 10,918,674 people, and in 2011 almost 10% of Bolivia's population lived in El Alto which is the second largest and one of the poorest cities in Bolivia.
At the begging South America is located at 55.4915 longitude and 8.7832 latitude. There are about 422.5 million people live there. There are 12 countries in South America. They are Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela. South America has many different cultures. South America is 6.888 million miles squared.
The demographic density estimated in 2014 was 42.83 inhabitants per square kilometer. The central region of Colombia is surrounded for the Andes Mountains, and the east of the country is contemplated with a beautiful sea coast. Colombia has a great ethnic diversity, which includes 58% mestizo, 20% white, 14% mulatto, 4% black, 3% mixed back-Amerindian, and 1% Amerindian. (The World Factbook, 2015)
In larger, populous cities such as Buenos Aires, subways, taxis and buses are widely used. Subways are an easy and economical way to move around, however, they are quite congested between the peak hours of 9am and 7pm when people are either leaving for work/school or getting off work/school. Taxis are also inexpensive, depending on the distance of the drive, but if a commuter/traveler is being taken to their destination it is best to have their travel destination written so the driver does not take a longer, more scenic route and does not charge more. Last option, other than walking, is renting a car in Argentina. However, car accidents are incredibly common in Argentina, based on their different driving skills and driving laws compared to the strict safety rules in the United
Argentina is the second largest nation in Lain America and boasts the largest Jewish community in the region (200,000 of its 35 million people). From an open door policy of immigration to the harboring of Nazi war criminals, Argentina's Jews have faced period of peaceful coexistence and periods of intense anti-Semitism.
Chile is located along the southwestern coast of South America and has the Andes Mountains on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other. The landscape in Chile offers diversity from deserts, forests, rivers, glaciers and valleys. Chile has three different climate zones and they experience a variety of seasons to support their primary sector of agriculture and produce variety of fruits including grapes to manufacture wine. ("Chile facts and," 2007)
about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
As with Lagos, many of the cities which are now Urban Giants are located in economically resourceful areas, as well as easily accessible geographical locations for trade to take place (both international and local). Lagos is located on the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean, which is a prime location for its fast development. The boosting era was during the 18th century when the Portuguese first arrived and began to trade slaves and after the abolition traded other goods such as crops. Lagos was a port for exporting goods from other regions in Nigeria and so the infrastructure was developed for transporting the natural resources from the North East and Middle regions. In Argentina the capital city Buenos Aires is also one of the largest metro cities in South America. It is located in the North East; the whole Eastern Part of Argentina is coastline. Greater Buenos Aires has a population of around 15.2 million people (according to the 2010 Argentine population census), about 37% of the total population of Argentina (over 40 million). During the 17th and 18th century due to pirates’ threats to the Spanish ships, Buenos Aires was used as a gateway to places like Peru and Lima. Buenos Aires depended on trade from its earliest days. Buenos Aires is the financial, industrial, commercial, and cultural hub of Argentina. Its port is one of the busiest in South America; navigable rivers by way of the Rio de la Plata connect the
and bounded on the north by the Bay of Biscay, France, and Andorra, and on the
La Alhambra is surrounded at the north by the valley Darro, at the south by al-Sabika and on its east, is located “la cuesta del Rey Chico”.
Normally, this warm water pools near Indonesia and the Philippines. During an El Niño, the Pacific's warmest surface waters sit offshore of northwestern South America.