Population: 40,913,584 (July 2009 est.)

Size of Country: 2,766,890 sq km (slightly less than three-tenths the size of the U.S.)

Capital City: Buenos Aires

Time Zone: GMT-3 (Two hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time)

Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay

Climate: Mostly temperate; arid in southeast, subantarctic in southwest

Currency: Argentine peso (US$1 = 3.82 pesos, February 2010 est.)

Language: Spanish (official), English, Italian, French, and German

System of Government: Republic, led by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Telephone Country Code: 54

Electricity: 220 Volts, 50 Hz

National Holidays: Revolution Day, May 25

Religion: Roman Catholic (92%)

Life Expectancy at Birth: 76 years

Economy: Based on industry (food processing, motor vehicles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel, consumer durables, and textiles) and agriculture (sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat, and livestock)

Exports: $58.87 billion (2009 est.)

Imports: $37.61 billion (2009 est.)

Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity): $558 billion (2009 est.)

GDP per Capita: $13,800 (2009 est.)

Inflation Rate: 6.2% (2009 est.)

Source: CIA The World Factbook