argentina republic

ArgentinaAldair Fernández

Argentina RepublicArgentina is a federal republic located in southeastern South America. Sharing the Southern Cone with its smaller neighbour Chile.It is bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north; Brazil to the northeast; Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east; Chile to the west and the Drake Passage to the south.

With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 is the eighth-largest country in the world, the second-largest in Latin America, and the largest Spanish-speaking.

NATIONAL SYMBOLS

FLAG COAT OF ARMS

May Sun

“Unión y Libertad”(In unity and freedom)

Motto

TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

Argentina is a federation of twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires.

Provinces are divided for administration purposes into departments and municipalities, except for Buenos Aires Province, which is divided into partidos.

Buenos Aires City is divided into communes.

WHEATHER

The seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere December to February is summer March to May is autumn June to August is winter September to November is spring

Tropical climate in Iguazú Falls, Mesopotamia.

Subpolar climate in El Calafate, Western Patagonia.

The mountainous areas have alpine climate with temperatures below freezing much of the year.

Ethnography It is considered that Argentina is a country of

immigrants. During the 18th and 19th centuries especially,

Argentina was the country with the second biggest immigration wave in the world, with 6.6 million, second only to the USA in the numbers of immigrants received (27 millions).

Religion The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. According to a CONICET poll, Argentines are

76.5% Catholic, 11.3% Agnostics and Atheists, 9% Evangelical Protestants, 1.2% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.9% Mormons; 1.2% follow other religions, including Islam,

Judaism and Buddhism Francis, the first pope from the New World, was born and raised in Argentina.

CultureArgentina is a multicultural country with significant European influences. The other big influence is the gauchos and their traditional country lifestyle of self-reliance.Finally, indigenous American traditions have been absorbed into the general cultural milieu.

LiteratureJorge Luis Borges, Argentina's most acclaimed writer and one of the foremost figures in the history of literature.

Four of the most influential Argentine writers.

Top-left to bottom-right: Julio Cortázar, Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Music Tango, a Rioplatense musical genre

with European and African influences, is one of Argentina's international cultural symbols.

Argentine singer and songwriter Carlos Gardel is the most important figure in the history of tango.

Sport

The Pato is the national sport.

The sport that more like to the Argentines is the football.

14 America cups2 World Cups1 Confederations Cup

Alfredo Di Stéfano, Diego Maradona, and Lionel Messi are among the best players in the game history.

Gastronomy The Argentina cuisine is mainly known for beef and wines. As well the

Italian Food.

Sweet Milk (Arequipe)

Ingredients: 1 liter of milk 1 pound sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation: In a saucepan combine milk , sugar and baking . Stir well to incorporate the ingredients and bring to boil. Keep on the stove over low heat , stirring to prevent sticking or

ahúme , until mixture thickens and acquire the desired texture roughly an hour and thirty.

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