Argentina Research Paper

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Argentina, with a population of 44,228,776 people, is a presidential democratic republic. This means that the President is the Head of State, the Head of Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The current President is Mauricio Macri, who was a former civil engineer and has been in office since 2015. Argentina can be located in South America and is the largest Spanish speaking country in terms of land. Argentina's total area, including land and water, is 2,766,890 km2 and is considered the eighth-largest country in the world. The official language of Argentina is Spanish. There are also other languages that are spoken in Argentina. These languages are English, an Italian, German, French, Arabic, Japanese and some indigenous languages such as Guarani, Quechuan, Mataco, etc.
Argentina‘s flag is a three-striped, blue and white flag with a sun in the middle. The capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires which holds the record for having the most theatre rooms in a city in the world. A popular soccer player named Lionel Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina and is known to be one of the best soccer players in the world. Argentina is also known for its tango dance and music, and is sometimes called the “River of Silver”. It was first called the “River of Silver” during the first voyages by the Spanish …show more content…

Argentina is surrounded by five types of regions, a rainforest, plains, grasslands, plateaus, and mountains. The rainforest is in the far northeast of the border between Brazil, and a notable plains region is the swampy and flat Chaco plain. The Pampas is one of the largest fertile plains in the world and is surrounded by mountains and the Atlantic. Pampas has huge forests’ mountain valleys, lakes, etc. The Andes Mountains is the western border between Chile and contains many glaciers. A plateau named Patagonia stretches to Tierra del Fuego and is mostly in the south part of

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