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Facts about Argentina
Argentina declared independence from Spain on the 9th of July, 1816.
Current President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was the first woman President to be elected in Argentina.
Argentina is the 30th largest country in the world by population, with just over 40 million people.
The official currency of Argentina is the peso.
Argentina were one of the first countries to have radio broadcasting. The first broadcast was made on the 27th of August, 1920. Only twenty people had a receiver at the time!
Average life expectancy in Argentina is 76 years.
About 10% of people living in Argentina have private health cover.
Argentina has a very good literacy rate- 97.6%. This ranks them at equal 58th in the world.
The official language of Argentina is Spanish, although many people speak Italian and German. Some indigenous populations still speak their native languages.
Pato is the official national sport of Argentina. It is a combination of polo and basketball.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Argentina.
A major export of Argentina is wine.
Like animated films? The world’s first animated films were made and released in Argentina, by a man named Quirino Cristiani in 1917.
The Teatro Colón, located in Buenos Aires (the capital and largest city of Argentina), is one of the great opera houses in the world.
Argentina loves movies! They have one of the highest rates of movie watching in the world. They enjoy watching both locally made movies and Hollywood movies.
The Argentine government has estimated that 750,000 people living in Argentina are illegal immigrants.
20% of the population (according to the 2001 census) lack indoor running water and/or indoor plumbing.
Argentina produces a lot of honey, soybeans, sunflower seeds, maize and wheat.
Crocodiles live in Argentina.
The hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in South America have occurred in Argentina.
Argentina is divided into 23 provinces.
There are about 70,000 members in the Argentine armed forces.