Argentina

A detailed Summary of Argentina

Argentina is second largest in area and fourth largest in population in Latin

America. Argentina covers more than 1 million square miles. The official language of

Argentina is Spanish. More than 90% of the population is Roman Catholic.

The Argentine landscape slopes downward from the Andes Mountains in the west

to the Atlantic coast in the East. The border with Chile follows the crest of the Andes.

In the Andes, heights of peaks range anywhere from more than 20,000 feet in the north to

less than 5,000 feet in Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of the continent. South

America's highest mountain is in the Andes, Mt. Aconcagua, which is 22,831 feet in

Eastward from the northern Andes lies an arid plateau called Gran Chaco. It is a

region of scrub woodland mixed with grassy savannas. Further east is the region called

Mesopotamia. Gran Chaco and Mesopotamia together form the Northeast region of the

Argentine Republic. In the next region to the south is the Pampa, a low, flat

Senate is to be composed of a minimum of two members from each of Argentina's

world. The climate in this area is dry and windy.

they have become less dependent on agriculture. Today, Argentina is largely

it belongs to the Organization of American States.

South of the Colorado River is Patagonia, the largest region of Argentina. It

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