Awesome Argentina Facts

 The Argentine Republic is Argentina's official name. It is situated in South America and encompasses the majority of the Southern Cone. Argentina has boundaries with Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, and Brazil to the northeast; Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east; and Chile to the west. Argentina is the eighth-largest nation in the world and the second-largest in Latin America, behind Brazil. Prior to European colonization, the area had been inhabited by indigenous peoples from a variety of civilizations since the Paleolithic era. It was found by Spanish explorers in the 1500s, and the area remained under Spanish control until 1816, when Argentina proclaimed independence.


Argentina Facts to Consider:


Argentina is 1,068,296 square miles in size.


Argentina has a population of over 42 million people in 2012.


Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city, has a population of about 13 million people.


Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, and San Miguel de Tucuman are among Argentina's major cities.


Argentina is the world's biggest Spanish-speaking nation.


Parts of Antarctica, the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands are all claimed by Argentina.


On July 9th, 1816, Argentina proclaimed independence from Spain, and on May 1st, 1853, it established its present constitution.


Argentina claims to be the birthplace of the tango.


Every year on July 20th, Buenos Aires commemorates Friend's Day.


In the past ten years, the remains of many massive dinosaurs have been discovered. The Giganotosaurus was discovered in Argentina and is thought to have lived between 90 and 112 years ago. It resembled the T. rex in appearance, but it was considerably bigger. It also had three instead of two fingers.


In 1892, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, fingerprints were used for the first time to convict someone of a crime.


In Argentina, around one out of every thirty individuals gets cosmetic surgery to improve their looks. Argentina is extremely popular among tourists for cosmetic surgery treatments since it is less expensive.


Argentina is home to some of the world's most magnificent waterfalls. One of them is the Iguazu Falls, which have 275 cascades and are often regarded as the most magnificent waterfalls on the planet.


Sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, wheat, tea, peanuts, tobacco, maize, and grapes are among Argentina's most important crops.


Lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, uranium, petroleum, and manganese are among Argentina's natural resources.


Food processing, car manufacture, textiles, steel, printing, and chemical production are all major industries in Argentina.


The peso is Argentina's monetary unit.


Quirino Cristiani, an Argentinean animator, produced the first animated film in 1917. Many people think Walt Disney created the first animated film, however this is not the case.


Ushuaia, Argentina's capital, is the world's most southern city.


In Argentina, about 13.5 million people use the internet.


Around 92 percent of Argentina's population lives in cities.


Argentina is home to one of the world's top five opera and classical music venues. Teatro Colon is the name of the venue.

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