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| Argentina (map
below) is a country blessed by an endless array of natural
beauties that will undoubtedly meet your most personal expectations.
The infinite Pampas, whose beauty and spirit are hardly appreciated
at a first glimpse, is the first approach to a land that treasures
the most incredible variety of natural resources ever gathered within
a country. Views that will amaze, impress, and move you. Every single
trait leads to surprise: the imposing snowed summits of the Andean
Cordillera; the subtropical rain forest that stretches down to improbable
latitudes; the torrential falls of the Iguazú River; the barren
bleakness of the Patagonian Steppe; the endless beauty of the marine
fauna; the frozen land of the fascinating glaciers; the charming scenery
of the hills; the blinding whiteness of the Puna; the and assorted
native fauna in the marsh lands.
But the landscape is not all. Argentina has
much more reserved for you. The kindness and cordiality of its people
will undoubtedly grant you a most pleasant visit to this country.
This cosmopolitan country where diversity has influenced even the
composition of its society, since many immigrants from all over
the world reached these shores decades ago, choosing the country
to settle what is nowadays apparent in local inhabitant's morals
and habits.
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| The word Argentina comes from the
Latin word 'argentum', which means silver. This part of the continent
was named like this, in the XVI century, after the rich silver mines
discovered nearby, in Potosí. In the XVIII century the region
came to integrate the Río de la Plata Viceroyalty and it was
not until 1860 that the Argentine Republic was constituted as a nation,
comprising most of the territory of the former viceroyalty and adopting
this word as its official denomination. |
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| Argentina is situated in the southern
extreme of the American Continent, between the 22nd and 55th parallels
of south latitude, and the Capricorn Tropic crosses it in the north
and the Antarctic Polar Circle in the south. It has a surface of 3,800,000
km2 out of which 2,800,000 km2 belong to the continent and the rest
to Antarctica and the Southern Atlantic Islands. It is the largest
among the Spanish-American countries and the fourth one in the continent
after the United States, Canada and Brazil. From west to east, it
measures 1,400 kilometers in its widest part. From its northernmost
city, La Quiaca, to its southernmost one, Ushuaia, there is a total
distance of 4,890 km. Its boundaries are: Bolivia and Paraguay to
the north; Chile to the west; Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Atlantic
Ocean to the east; and Chile and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. |
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| The word Argentina comes from the
Latin word 'argentum', which means silver. This part of the continent
was named like this, in the XVI century, after the rich silver mines
discovered nearby, in Potosí. In the XVIII century the region
came to integrate the Río de la Plata Viceroyalty and it was
not until 1860 that the Argentine Republic was constituted as a nation,
comprising most of the territory of the former viceroyalty and adopting
this word as its official denomination. |
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| Most of the Argentine territory
is located within the temperate zone of the southern hemisphere. However,
as it is such a large country, it spans from the hot deserts of Salta,
in the north, to the frozen lands of the glaciers, in the south. The
northeast is humid and subtropical. The northwest is quite hot and
rainy during summer but with mild and dry winters. In the vast prairies
of the Pampas, the climate is temperate. The southern region has cold
climate and rains vary greatly along this extended territory. The
capital city has temperate climate, thus not showing extreme temperatures. |
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| Most of the Argentine territory
is located within the temperate zone of the southern hemisphere. However,
as it is such a large country, it spans from the hot deserts of Salta,
in the north, to the frozen lands of the glaciers, in the south. The
northeast is humid and subtropical. The northwest is quite hot and
rainy during summer but with mild and dry winters. In the vast prairies
of the Pampas, the climate is temperate. The southern region has cold
climate and rains vary greatly along this extended territory. The
capital city has temperate climate, thus not showing extreme temperatures. |
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