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Area > Comparative
slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US |
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Area > Land
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2,736,690 sq km |
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[9th of 238]
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Area > Total
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2,766,890 sq km |
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[15th of 250]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Capital city with population
Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000 |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Climate
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
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Forested Land
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12.7% |
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[137th of 193]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Geographic coordinates
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34 00 S, 64 00 W |
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Source: FAO |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Land use > Arable land
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10.03% |
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[111st of 258]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Largest city
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Buenos Aires |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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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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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
Largest city with population
Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000 |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites. |
Map references
South America |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Natural resources
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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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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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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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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Source: Heal The World Foundation. |
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Precipitation
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1,147 mm |
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[27th of 95]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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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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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Aconcagua |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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