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STAT	Argentina	South Africa
First human settlement > Date	9,000 BC	125,000 BP
First human settlement > Notes	Spear heads and human fossils.	Remains found in the Klasies River Caves in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa show signs of human hunting. There is some debate as to whether these remains represent anatomically modern humans .
First human settlement > Place	Piedra Museo	Klasies River Caves
Full name	Argentine Republic	Republic of South Africa
Independence day date	July 9	December 11
Land border length	9,665 km Ranked 9th. 99% more than South Africa	4,862 km Ranked 35th.
National anthems	Himno Nacional Argentino ( Argentine National Anthem )	National anthem of South Africa
National identity card	The Documento Nacional de Identidad is issued at a person's birth, and updated at 8 and 14 years of age, and thereafter renewed every fifteen years. For many years, the DNI was issued as a small booklet (called libreta ). In 2009, the DNI was revamped and digitalized; and booklets were issued along with a card (called tarjeta) simultaneously. Since 2012, DNIs are issued only in card format. The new DNI card is required to obtain a new Argentine Passport .	An Identity Document (ID) is issued at age 16 to all citizens; and permanent residents. Although passports and driver's licences are also acceptable forms of identification, banks only accept IDs. Your ID has a barcode, a photo, and your unique ID number. Information (including age and gender but excluding race) is referenced under your ID number: accounts, criminal record, voting history, driver's licence etc. You need an ID in order to apply for a passport, bank account, driver's licence or tertiary studies, as well as to register to vote. In most cases employers will also request a photocopy of your ID in order to process your appointment. Your voting history as well as any firearm licences are documented in your ID booklet. As one's ID may be required for some of the functions listed above, some SA permanent residents, may elect to keep their ID document on their person.
National tree	Ceibo and Red Quebracho	Real yellowwood
Neighboring countries and territories	Bolivia (L) Brazil (L) Chile Paraguay (L) Uruguay Falkland Islands ( United Kingdom ) (M)	Botswana (L) Lesotho (L) Mozambique Namibia Swaziland (L) Zimbabwe (L)
Number of maritime boundary neighbours	3 Ranked 70th. 50% more than South Africa	2 Ranked 99th.
Overview	<p>Argentina stretches 4,000 km from its sub-tropical north to the sub-antarctic south. </p> <p>Its terrain includes part of the Andes mountain range, swamps, the plains of the Pampas and a long coastline. Its people have had to struggle with military dictatorship, a lost war over the Falkland Islands, and severe economic difficulties. </p> <p>Argentina is rich in resources, has a well-educated workforce and is one of South America&#039;s largest economies. But it has also fallen prey to a boom and bust cycle. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18707514">Full Article</a>	<p>Diversity is a key feature of South Africa, where 11 languages are recognised as official, where community leaders include rabbis and chieftains, rugby players and returned exiles, where traditional healers ply their trade around the corner from stockbrokers and where housing ranges from mud huts to palatial homes with swimming pools. </p> <p>The diverse communities, however, have not had much representation for long. </p> <p>Until 1994 South Africa was ruled by a white minority government which was so determined to hang onto power that it took activists most of the last century before they succeeded in their fight to get rid of apartheid and extend democracy to the rest of the population. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094760">Full Article</a>

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