Official Name:
Argentine Republic (República Argentina)
Area: 2,780,400 km2 (8th largest in the world)
Capital:
Buenos Aires (population 1998: 2.9 m - Greater Buenos Aires 11 m)
Population:
36,2 m (1998)
Language:
Spanish
Literacy:
97%
Life Expectancy:
73 years
Annual Population Growth:
1.5%
Religion:
92% Catholic, 2% Protestant, 1% Jewish
Ethnic Groups:
92% White: appr. 40% of Italian, 30% of Spanish origin; 6% Mestizos
Urban Population:
89%
Independence:
9 July 1816
President(2002):
Eduardo Duhalde (Partido Justicialista; Peronist)
Currency:
Peso
GDP per capita (1998):
$8030
Unemployment (2001):
appr. 20%
Foreign Debt
(1999): $140 m
Major cities:
Greater Buenos Aires 11,000,000;
Córdoba 1,150,000;
Rosario 950,000;
La Plata 520,000;
Mar del Plata 520,000;
San Miguel de Tucumán 470,000;
Santa Fe 350,000
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