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Argentina has a presidential republic government led by President Mauricio Macri. It has a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The Supreme Court is the highest court. Argentina has a population of over 44 million people and its capital and largest city is Buenos Aires. The country has a predominantly European descent population and Spanish is the official language. Argentina has a large economy that relies on agriculture and exports of commodities, but suffered economic crises in the 20th century.

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Argentina has a presidential republic government led by President Mauricio Macri. It has a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The Supreme Court is the highest court. Argentina has a population of over 44 million people and its capital and largest city is Buenos Aires. The country has a predominantly European descent population and Spanish is the official language. Argentina has a large economy that relies on agriculture and exports of commodities, but suffered economic crises in the 20th century.

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ARGENTINA

GOVERNMENT

Chief of State Legislature


President Mauricio MACRI bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the
Head of Government Senate (72 seats) and the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats)
President Mauricio MACRI Judiciary
Government Type Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of the court president,
presidential republic vice-president, and 5 judges)
Capital Ambassador to US
Buenos Aires Ambassador Fernando ORIS DE ROA
US Ambassador
Ambassador Edward Charles PRADO

GEOGRAPHY PEOPLE & SOCIETY ECONOMY

Area Population Economic Overview


Total: 2,780,400 sq km 44.3 million (July 2017 est.) suffered recurring economic crises during
Land: 2,736,690 sq km Population Growth most of the 20th century, but now beginning a
Water: 43,710 sq km 0.91% (2017 est.) transformation towards a more liberal
Climate Ethnicity economic order, taking advantage of its rich
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; European (mostly Spanish and Italian natural resources, highly literate population,
subantarctic in southwest descent) and mestizo (mixed European export-orientation, and diversified industry
Natural Resources and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%, GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, Amerindian 2.4%, African 0.4% (2010 $920.2 billion (2017 est.)
copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, est.) GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)
uranium, arable land  Language $20,875 (2017 est.)
Spanish (official), Italian, English, Exports
German, French, indigenous $59.69 billion (2017 est.)
(Mapudungun, Quechua) partners: Brazil 16.1%, US 7.9%, China
Religion 7.5%, Chile 4.4% (2017)
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than Imports
20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish $60.78 billion (2017 est.)
2%, other 4% partners: Brazil 26.9%, China 18.5%, US
 Urbanization 11.3%, Germany 4.9% (2017)
urban population: 91.9% of total
population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 1.07% annual rate of
change (2015-20 est.)
Literacy
98.1% (2015 est.)

as of July 2018

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