Motto |
Anthem | "Argentine National Anthem" | Capital (and largest city) |
Buenos Aires | Language | Spanish | Religion | Roman Catholic Church (predominant) | Demonym | Argentine Argentinian |
Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic | President | Mauricio Macri |
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Vice President | Gabriela Michetti | Area main |
2,780,400 km² |
water (%) | 1.57 | Population | 43,417,000 |
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Currency | Peso ($) | Time Zone | ART (UTC−3) | Internet TLD | .ar | Organizations | UN, WBG, WTO, OAS, OEI, CELAC, Unsaur and Mercosur |
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina), is a federal republic located in southeastern South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbour Chile, it is bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north; Brazil to the northeast; Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east; Chile to the west and the Drake Passage to the south.