Wiki / South America / Argentina
- Official name
- Argentine Republic República Argentina · Spanish
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- Region
- South America
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 44 million
- Area
- 2,780,400 km²
- Currency
- Argentine peso (ARS)
- Neighbours
- Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Internet / phone
- .ar · +54
Where it is
Notable facts
- Aconcagua, at 6,961 m, is the highest mountain in the Americas and outside Asia.
- The tango was born in the working-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
- Argentina has the world’s southernmost city, Ushuaia, and shares the Iguazú Falls with Brazil.
- It is one of the world’s largest beef producers and consumers per person.
World Heritage 12 sites
- Los Glaciares National Park
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)
- Iguazu National Park
National dish
Asado Beef and offal grilled slowly over wood embers on a parrilla, eaten in courses with chimichurri.
Locro, a hominy and meat stew eaten on national holidays, is the other candidate — and is a dish rather than a method.