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| Capital |
Buenos Aires (also the largest city) |
| Officials Languages |
Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French |
Government
-President
-Vice President
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Federal Presidental Republic
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007)
- Julio Cobos |
Independence
-May Revolution
-Declared |
From Spain
-May 25, 1810
-July 9, 1816 |
| Population |
40,677,348 (growth rate: 0.9%)
birth rate: 16.3/1000
infant mortality rate: 13.8/1000
life expectancy: 76.5
density per sq mi: 38 |
| Transportation |
Railways, Highways, Waterways, Ports and Harbors, Airports. |
| Ethinicity |
White (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%,
Mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3% |
Religions |
Nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing)
Protestant 2%
Jewish 2%
other 4% |
| Communications |
Telephones, Radio Broadcast, Television Broadcast, Internet Hosts, Internet Users. |
| Agriculture |
Sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock. |
| Imports |
Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics |
| Exports |
Edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles |
| Major Trading Partners |
Brazil, Chile, U.S., China, Spain, Germany . |
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