Country ChooserCountry InformationArgentina![]() Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:220V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, I,
Note:*Neutral and line wires are reversed
from that used in Australia and elsewhere.
TV Systems:
System:PAL N
DVD-Region: 4
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
Area:
total: 2,766,890 sq km
land: 2,736,690 sq km
water: 30,200 sq km
Climate:
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Terrain:
rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border
Economy
GDP:
$575.6 billion (2008 est.)
$537.5 billion (2007)
$494.5 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
7.1% (2008 est.)
8.7% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$14,200 (2008 est.)
$13,400 (2007 est.)
$12,500 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 22% based on non-official estimates; the much lower official rate lacks credibility (2008 est.)
Currency: Argentine peso (ARS)
Exchange rates:
Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)
People
Population: 40,913,584 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 1.053% (2009 est.)
Religions:
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Languages:
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
Government
Capital:
name: Buenos Aires
time difference: UTC-3 (3 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends third Saturday in March; note - a new policy of daylight saving time was initiated by the government on 30 December 2007
Independence:
9 July 1816 (from Spain)
Note: Information on Argentina was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Argentina, please visit one of the links below.
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