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Area > Comparative
slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US |
Capital city with population
Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000 |
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Forested Land
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12.7% |
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[137th of 193]
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Largest city
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Buenos Aires |
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Largest city population
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11,802,000 |
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[7th of 174]
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Largest city with population
Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000 |
Map references
South America |
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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200 nm
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[6th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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12 nm
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[8th of 190]
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Natural hazards
San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding |
Natural resources
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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21°48'S |
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Population density
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13.42 people per sqkm |
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[195th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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14.16 people/m²
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[174th of 204]
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Precipitation
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1,147 mm |
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[27th of 95]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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13.98 people/km² of arable lan |
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[185th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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2,780,400 km²
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[8th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Aconcagua |
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Terrain
rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border |
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