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PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
PlaceTypeAsNotedInArea
Beagle Channel Strait
Buenos Aires City
Cerro Campanario Hike
Cueva de las Manos, Rio Pinturas
Ibera Marshes
Ischigualasto - Talampaya Natural Parks
Los Glaciares National Park Mountainous
Nahuel Huapi National Park Lake
Nieve Penitentes
Nuestra Senora de Loreto
Peninsula Valdes
Provincia de Buenos Provincia de Argentina
Provincia de Cordoba, AR Provincia de Argentina
Provincia de Misiones, AR Provincia de Argentina
Punta Tumbo
Quebrada de Humahuaca
San Ignacio Mini
Santa Ana
The Pampas

Geography »

Physiographic FeaturesTypeAsNotedIn
Beagle Channel Strait
Monte Fitz Roy

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Location

Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay - The World Factbook

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Particulars for Argentina:
Food Attribute Argentinian Food
Locale Type Nation

Data
Demonym: Argentinian
Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: 107


History »

In 1816, the United Provinces of the Rio Plata declared their independence from Spain. After Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay went their separate ways, the area that remained became Argentina. The country's population and culture were heavily shaped by immigrants from throughout Europe, with Italy and Spain providing the largest percentage of newcomers from 1860 to 1930. Up until about the mid-20th century, much of Argentina's history was dominated by periods of internal political conflict between Federalists and Unitarians and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, an era of Peronist populism and direct and indirect military interference in subsequent governments was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983 after a failed bid to seize the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) by force, and has persisted despite numerous challenges, the most formidable of which was a severe economic crisis in 2001-02 that led to violent public protests and the successive resignations of several presidents. - The World Factbook


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