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Argentina: Geography, Government, Economy

Argentina has a presidential republic government led by President Mauricio Macri. After suffering economic crises in the 20th century, Argentina is transforming towards a more liberal economic order, taking advantage of its natural resources and population. The population is over 44 million, mostly of European descent, and Spanish is the official language, with Italian and indigenous languages also spoken.

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Argentina: Geography, Government, Economy

Argentina has a presidential republic government led by President Mauricio Macri. After suffering economic crises in the 20th century, Argentina is transforming towards a more liberal economic order, taking advantage of its natural resources and population. The population is over 44 million, mostly of European descent, and Spanish is the official language, with Italian and indigenous languages also spoken.

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ARGENTINA

GOVERNMENT ECONOMY
Chief of State Economic Overview
President Mauricio MACRI suffered recurring economic crises during most of the 20th
Head of Government century, but now beginning a transformation towards a more
President Mauricio MACRI liberal economic order, taking advantage of its rich natural
Government Type resources, highly literate population, export-orientation, and
presidential republic diversified industry
Capital GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Buenos Aires $920.2 billion (2017 est.)
Legislature GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity)
bicameral National Congress or Congreso $20,900 (2017 est.)
Nacional consists of the Senate (72 seats) and Exports
the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats) $59.69 billion (2017 est.)
Judiciary partners: Brazil 16.1%, US 7.9%, China 7.5%, Chile 4.4% (2017)
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of Imports
the court president, vice-president, and 5 $60.78 billion (2017 est.)
judges) partners: Brazil 26.9%, China 18.5%, US 11.3%, Germany 4.9%
Ambassador to US (2017)
Ambassador Fernando ORIS DE ROA
US Ambassador PEOPLE & SOCIETY
Ambassador Edward Charles PRADO Population
44.3 million (July 2017 est.)
Population Growth
GEOGRAPHY 0.91% (2017 est.)
Ethnicity
Area
European (mostly Spanish
Total: 2,780,400 sq km
and Italian descent) and
Land: 2,736,690 sq km
mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%,
Water: 43,710 sq km
Amerindian 2.4%, African 0.4% (2010 est.)
Climate
Language
mostly temperate; arid in southeast;
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous
subantarctic in southwest
(Mapudungun, Quechua)
Natural Resources
Religion
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin,
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),
copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum,
Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
uranium, arable land
Urbanization
urban population: 91.9% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 1.07% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Literacy
as of September 2018 98.1%

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