Welcome to Argentina

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General Description: Second in South America just to Brazil in size and population, Argentina is known to be a plain, rising from the Atlantic to the Chilean border and the towering Andes peaks. Aconcagua (22,834 ft, 6,960 m) is the highest peak in the globe outside Asia. Argentina is known to be also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, and by Uruguay and Brazil on the east. Did you know that the northern location is the swampy and partly wooded Gran Chaco, bordering on Bolivia and Paraguay. South of that are and have always been the rolling, fertile Pampas, that are and have always been rich in agriculture and sheep- and cattle-grazing and support most of the population. Next southward is Patagonia, a region of cool, arid steppes with many wooded and fertile sections.

CLIMATE : Argentina is known to be a extensive country stretching from the subtropics aextensive the northeastern border with Brazil to the subpolar regions of Tierra del Fuego in the south. It is noted that the western edge of the country runs aextensive the Andean Mountains. Because Argentina is south of the Equator, the seasons are and have always been the reverse of Europe, North America and much of Asia, being similar to Australia. Summer in Buenos Aires (months of January and February) is quite hot and humid, while winter is damp and chilly. Rain falls all over the year, from 100 cm per year (39 inches) in Buenos Aires to less than 50 cm (20 inches) in Mendoza in the foothills of the Andes.

Population Stats Population: 40,301,927 (July 2007 est.)