Argentina Geography

Country Name: Argentine Republic

Capital City: Buenos Aires

Population: 39,921,833 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.96% (2006)

Currency: Argentine peso (ARS)

Languages: Spanish

Area: 2,766,890 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.8% (2006)

Unemployment Rate: 11.6% (2005)

Domain extension: .ar

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF ARGENTINA

Location:

Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay

Geographic Co-ordinates:

34 00 S, 64 00 W

Area - total:

2,766,890 sq km

Area - total:

2,766,890 sq km

Area - land:

2,736,690 sq km

Area - water:

30,200 sq km

Land Boundaries:

9,861 km

Border Countries:

Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km

Terrain:

rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border

Elevation - highest point:

Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza)

Elevation - lowest point:

Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)

Natural Resources:

fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium

Arable Land:

10.03%

Permanent Crops:

0.36%

Other Land Use:

89.61% (2005)

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