Argentine Republic

Capital: Buenos Aires

Total Area: 1,068,302.20 sq mi, 2,766,890.00 sq km, (slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US)

Population: 37,384,816 (July 2001 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050: 50,119,441

Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French

Literacy: 96.2% total, 96.2% male, 96.2% female (1995 est.)

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%

Life Expectancy: 71.88 male, 78.82 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: republic

Currency: 1 peso = 100 centavos

GDP (per capita): $12,900 (2000 est.)

Industry: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel

Agriculture: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock

Arable Land: 9%

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

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