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Nation Project- Part 1Argentina
Kelsey TaylorHistory 141
Geography
2,400 miles long, 870 miles wide
4 major regions: fertile central plains of the Pampas (agriculture), southern plateau of Patagonia (oil), subtropical northern flats of the Gran Chaco, and rugged Andes mountain range
Major rivers: Paraná, Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Río Negro, Salado, y Uruguay
Shares a very long border with Atlantic Ocean
Geography
General Climates
North: very hot, humid summers with mild drier winters, subject to periodic droughts
Central: hot summers with thunderstorms and cool winters
South: warm summers, cold winters with heavy snowfall especially in mountainous zones
People
Demographics
40 million inhabitants
considered a country of immigrants: most are descendants of Europeans (86.4%), Mestizo (8%), or Arab and Asian (4%)
most of the immigrants came from Italy and Spain and many of them went to Buenos Aires
Argentine constitution guarantees freedom of religion but also requires the government to support Roman Catholicism economically
People
Language
Official language is Spanish
Argentina is the second largest Spanish-speaking society that uses “vos” instead of “tu”
most prevalent dialect is Rioplatense in the Río de la Plata basin
the Buenos Aires accent is closer to the Neapolitan dialect of Italian than any other spoken language
other languages spoken include Italian, Levantine dialect of Arabic, German, Guarraní, English, Portuguese, and French
Culture
Argentina has a rich literary history
Also has one of the region’s most active publishing industries
Jorge Luis Borges- most acclaimed writer
“golden age” of cinema was in the 1930-1950’s
Buenos Aires is one of the great capitals of theater
the cities are enriched by the many Argentine architects
Culture
Common dishes: pasta, sausage and dessert dishes common to continental Europe and also a wide variety of indigenous and Crillo dishes including empanadas, locro, humitas, and yerba mate
Argentines have the highest consumption of red meat in the world
most popular sport is soccer
the tango is Argentina’s music symbol
Argentine rock is the most popular music among youths
History
indigenous Inca indians were the first humans to inhabit Argentina
European settlers arrived in 1516
1st settlement in modern Argentina was Fort of Sancti Spiritu in 1527
Buenos Aires was established in 1536 but then destroyed by natives
populated by mainly Spanish settlers
1811- the country was united independently
lots of fighting took place between all the South American states
between 1880-1929, Argentina emerged as one of the ten richest countries in the world
History
General Juan Perón ruled between 1946-1955 when he was then exiled
Returned in 1974 to take office one more time
“Dirty War”- many political oppositions “disappeared” because they were killed
Current president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was the 1st woman elected president of Argentina
She took over the presidency from her husband after 4 years of the country growing
Sources
www.wikipedia.org
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