Facts about Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America.

Capital: Buenos Aires

Dialing code: +54

Population: 44.49 million

Currency: Argentine peso

Argentina is the 8th largest country in the world.
The name Argentina is derived from the latin word “argenti” meaning silver.
Buenos Aires is the continent’s most visited city.
Argentina covers an area of 1,068,296 square miles.
Argentina had 5 presidents in 10 days in 2001.
It is the largest Spanish speaking country in the world.
Tango, the most popular dance in the world originated in the slaughterhouse district of Buenos Aires in the end of the 19th century.
Argentina has the highest consumption of red meat in the world.
The National football team of Argentina has won the Football World Cup twice in 1978 and 1986.
Pato is a national sport of Argentina. It is played on horseback.
There are over 30 national parks in Argentina.
Perito Moreno Glacier is the third largest freshwater source and also a glacier that is growing instead of shrinking.
Buenos Aires has more psychoanalysts and psychiatrists than any other city in the world.
Argentine soccer hero Lionel Messi is the world’s best footballer.
Over 10% of the world’s flora is found in Argentina.
Argentina was the first country to have radio broadcasting in the world on August 27, 1920.
The first woman President elected in Argentina was Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Quirino Cristiani was the first Argentinian to create the first animated film in 1917.
38.3% of Argentinian women go through plastic surgery.
Argentina was the first country to use fingerprinting as a method of identification in 1892.
Yerba Mate is the national drink of Argentina.

Facts about Argentina

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