Name of Country: Argentine Republic (Argentina)
Capital city: Buenos Aires
Size: 1.1 million square miles
Population: 40,677,348
80: Percentage of Argentines who reside in cities or towns of more than 2,000
Life expectancy: 76.36 years
Ethnic groups: white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other nonwhite groups 3%
Language: Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
Literacy: 97.2%
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Terrain: plains in north, flat to rolling plateau in south, mountains along western border
Climate: temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Government: Republic
President: Cristina
Fernandez de Kirchner
Branches of government:
Executive — president, vice president, cabinet. Legislative — bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Judicial — Supreme Court or Corte Suprema
Political parties: Justicialist Party and Radical Civic Union are the two major parties. There are numerous smaller parties.
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
GDP (2007 est.): $523.7 billion
Work force (urban areas only): agriculture 1%; industry 23%; services 76%
Currency: Argentine peso
Exchange rates: Argentine pesos per U.S. dollar — approximately 3.1
Telephone country code: 54
Internet country code: .ar
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