argentina

     

Argentina is a South American country, constitute as a federation of twenty-three provinces and an autonomous city. It is second in size on the South American continent to Brazil and eighth in the world. Argentina occupies a continental surface area of 2,766,890 km² (1,068,302 sq mi) between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast, and Chile in the west and south. The country claims the British-administered overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Argentina also claims 969,464 km² (374,312 sq mi) of Antarctica, known as Argentine Antarctica, overlapping other claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory).

Trivia about argentina

  • This country contains South America's highest & lowest points
  • In South America:Ant in gear
  • "Don't Cry For Me," this country
  • South America's main wheat-growing area is the Pampa in this country
  • In the early 1800s Juan Manuel de Rosas went from gaucho to head honcho of this country
  • There's a Liberty cap on the coat of arms of this South American country
  • Diario de los Andes,The Buenos Aires Herald
  • The Gran Chaco is a low, flat plain covering western Paraguay, southern Bolivia & the northern part of this country
  • Lots of chaps wear chaps in the Gaucho Parade in Salta in this country
  • Both this country & the Rio de la Plata, its major river estuary, were named for silver
  • The Casa Rosada, residence of this country's president, stands on the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires
  • This country controls the eastern half of Tierra del Fuego, largest island in an archipelago of the same name
  • This country occupied the Falkland Islands for about 10 weeks in 1982
  • The Patagonian region of South America lies mainly in this country
  • You've got "men" in Armenia & a "gent" in this nation
  • This country observes June 10 as Malvinas Day
  • The largest of the 4 modern countries Jose de San Martin helped liberate from European rule
  • Patagonia /Aye lads, this country make way /Loot Buenos Aires
  • Chile shares its longest land border with this country
  • It occupies most of southern South America
  • The Criollo is a breed from this country & is popular with the gauchos of the Pampas
  • President Isabel Peron
  • Cordoba,La Pampa,Tierra del Fuego
  • For the abundance of the metal found there, this South American country's name is from the Latin for "silver"
  • In 1976 soccer's Diego Maradona joined this country's national team when he was only 16 years old
  • It's the only "A" country whose currency is the peso
  • Isabel Peron
  • From Santiago,Chile
  • Chaco & La Pampa
  • The Western Hemisphere's first female head of state was this country's Isabel Peron
  • Chaco Central,Pampa de las Salinas,Chaco Austral
  • South America's second largest country in area, it borders the largest
  • The Sauropod, a dinosaur the size of a bus, came from eggs discovered in this country's Patagonia region
  • It was the native country of Benito Lynch, a master of the gaucho novel
  • In 1982 Prince Andrew flew helicopters for England in an undeclared war with this country
  • The tango is the national dance of this South American country & its 40 million citizens
  • The Renoir Towers rise over the Rio de la Plata in this South American country
  • Use pesos to pay for the CD of "Evita" in La Plata in this country
  • (Tom Ritchie of Lindblad Expeditions stands in front of a war monument in the Falkland Islands) Stanley is the only city on the Falkland Islands, and underwent bombing during the 1982 conflict between Britain and this country
  • When it hit 120 on Dec. 11, 1905 in Rivadavia in this country the gauchos must have stayed in the sombra
  • A pampero is a sudden cold summer wind in this second-largest South American country
  • This South American country produced 55,000 tons in 1997; tea there is "like silver"
  • The Patagonian Desert lies west of Buenos Aires in this country
  • Britannica calls the Milonga, a dance from this South American country, "fast, sensual, and disreputable"
  • Don't cry for me, President Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner
  • Nestor Kirchner is the current president of this South American country
  • Argentina,Chile,Peru
  • After its president Fernando de la Rua resigned December 20, 2001, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa got the post & lasted a week
  • Lionel Messi from this country joined Spanish pro soccer at 13 when a team agreed to pay for his growth hormones
  • Soccer great Diego Maradona
  • Writer of "Ficciones" Jorge Luis Borges
  • El Cronista &El Patagonico
  • "Heartbreak Tango" was the second novel by Manuel Puig, one of this country's most famous authors
  • On August 17, this country honors the death of native son & freedom fighter Jose de San Martin
  • Manuel Belgrano was a prominent military leader in this S. American country's fight for independence from Spain
  • The smallest breed of horse, the Falabella, was developed by ranchers in this S. American country
  • Estadio Presidente Peron
  • Cities in this large South American country include Mendoza, Rosario & Mar del Plata
  • In area, it's the second-largest country in South America
  • The Falkland Current flows for hundreds of miles up the east coast of this country
  • Ninos Envueltos, or "wrapped children", are taste treats in this second-largest South American country
  • The name of the Laplatasaurus honors a river on the border of Uruguay & this country
  • Of South America's 10 highest peaks, 9 of them rise all or in part in this country
  • The Gran Chaco, an arid subtropical region, covers parts of Uruguay & Bolivia & the northern part of this country
  • Don't cry for Princess Maxima, wife of the heir to the Dutch throne; she was born in this South American country
  • This second-largest South American country's flag is seen here
  • Its the New World country that takes its name from a Latin word for a metal
  • It's the largest country in area with which Brazil has a border
  • In 1982 Prince Andrew flew helicopters during a war against this country
  • A South American country:RAIN AGENT
  • Of the countries of mainland South America
  • The summit of Aconcagua
  • This country takes its name from a term for a precious metal