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 = 3.13 pesos, August 2007 est.)
Language: Spanish (official), English, Italian, French, and German
System of Government: Republic, led by President Néstor 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: $46 billion
Imports: $32 billion
Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity): $608.8 billion (2006 est.)
Argentina Fact File
Argentina Fact File: General Information
Population: 40,301,927 (July 2007 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 = 3.13 pesos, August 2007 est.)
Language: Spanish (official), English, Italian, French, and German
System of Government: Republic, led by President Néstor 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: $46 billion
Imports: $32 billion
Gross Domestic Product (Purchasing Power Parity): $608.8 billion (2006 est.)
GDP per Capita: $15,200 (2006 est.)
Inflation Rate: 9.8% (2006 est.)
Source: CIA The World Factbook