Official Name: Argentine Republic Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay. Capital: Buenos Aires Area: total: 2,766,890 sq km land: 2,736,690 sq km water: 30,200 sq km Lowest point: Salinas Chicas -40 m. (located on Peninsula Valdes) Highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m.

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Population: 40,301,927 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Argentine(s) Ethnic groups: White (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo, Amerindian, or other nonwhite groups 3%. Religions: Nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%. Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French.

Mostly temperate. Arid in southeast. Subantarctic in southwest.

Government type: Republic. Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain). National holiday: Revolution Day, 25 May (1810).

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