Facts of Argentina That Will Change Your Concept Overview

• About 97% of Argentina’s population is home to people of European descent, while 1.5% of the people are of Amerindian descent, 0.2% are of Asian descent and 1.5% are classified as mestizos.
• Argentina is governed under a federal presidential constitutional republic and established its government after declaring its independence from Spain on July 9, 1816.

• Since declaring their independence they have become the third largest economy in South America. His total nominal GDP is estimated at $474.812 billion while his per capita GDP is around $11,572. Their GDP ranks Argentina as the 27th best economy in the world, while their GDP ranks 62nd per capita.

• The country is home to a growing number of natural resources, a growing agricultural sector, and a rapidly growing industrial market.

• Argentina is known as one of the world’s highest literary countries and takes pride in producing highly literate citizens.

• Argentina’s history is entangled with European history. Europeans first arrived in Argentina in 1502 and established their settlement in Buenos Aires. In the next two hundred years, settlements were established and then abandoned.

• Argentina declared its independence in 1816. Then, in 1856, he established a constitution that is still used in the country today. Today, the government consists of a president, vice president, and president of the Supreme Court. Argentina also has a legislature that includes Congress, Senate, and Chamber of Deputies.

• Both adults and children go home after having lunch. The siestas are small naps that people from all over the country attend. Many businesses and schools close during the siestas, and everyone in the country relaxes. Even there are a few hotels in the capital city that rent rooms, especially for the siestas.

• Soccer is a very popular sport in Argentina. Both children and adults get involved in the game and love to play it during their free time. Often children start playing football in the streets outside their home and play with their friends in the evening.

• Since Argentina is located in the Southern Hemisphere, its climate is opposite to the climate in the Northern Hemisphere. When it’s summertime in the United States, it’s cold in Argentina.

• A part of the Andes mountain range is located in Argentina. The Andes Mountains are great tourist attractions.

• Argentinians love to dance. Ballroom dancing is a great activity that many people participate in daily.

• The first animated film in the world was made by an Argentine man. Quirino Cristiani made the film “El Apostol” in 1917. The film was 70 minutes long and had over 58,000 frames.

• The oldest dinosaur species to be identified so far was traced from both Argentina and Brazil. For this reason, many paleontologists travel to Argentina to find more clues about this rare dinosaur and others.

• In Latin, the world means Argentine silver.

• Argentina is a Latin American country with the most Nobel laureates. Five Argentines have won Nobel Prizes in the categories of science and peace.

• Argentines prefer to use public transport rather than drive their cars.

• The currency of Argentina is the Argentine peso. It was introduced in the country in 1992. Earlier, the county had peso le, escudos, soles and reales.

• The primary language of Argentina is Spanish.

• More than 10% of the world’s vegetation is found in Argentina. Parana pine and evergreen beaches are very common in the area.

• The port of Buenos Aires comes in about 80% of the country’s imports and exports.

• About 35% of the country’s workforce belongs to the Union. The unions began during the reign of Juan Perron, who created the General Confederation of Labor to include about 6 million members.

• Argentina is the world’s largest food producer and exporter. The country has over 86 million acres of cultivable land for crops. This is about 12.8% of the total land area of the country.

• Wheat is the major crop in Argentina. The country produces a lot of wheat, it is the world’s fifth leading wheat exporter and grows more than 60% of wheat in South America.

• Argentina is a country known for making and exporting wine. In 2004, the country exported more than 159,000 tons, accounting for 2% of the world’s total alcohol exports.

• Argentina uses an educational system known as the EGB, which divides nine years of study into three-year sections. Nine years later, students enter a “multimodal” program that provides general and specialized training.

• Children in Argentina 5 to 14. It is necessary to go to school at the age of one. The school year in the country starts in March and ends in November.

• Jose de San Martin, or defender of the South, is considered Argentina’s most famous figure. He is known to lead South America to independence from Spanish rule.

• Argentina is divided into seven different regions. These areas include the Northwest, Cuo, Pampas, Patagonia, Mesopotamia, Gran Chacko, and Syrah Pampion.

• After the death of Juan Peron in 1976, the army took control of what was known as dirty warfare. During this time, it was estimated that between 20,000 and 30,000 people were killed.

• Buenos Aires, Argentina is often called the Paris of South America due to European influences. 95% of the population in Argentina is of European descent.

• Argentina’s national sport is the patio, a sport played on a horse. However, the most popular sport in the region is football – or what Americans know as football.

• This country is known to win more international polo championships than any other country in the world.

• Argentina consumes the second most beef per person in the whole world, with Hong Kong in the first place.

• The city of Usuhiya, located in Argentina, is considered to be the southernmost city in the whole world.

• Argentina holds the record for both the highest and lowest temperatures on the continent. In 1920 it had reached a record high temperature of 120.4 degrees, while in 1907 it was seen at a low of -27 degrees.

• Avenida 9 de Julio – or July 9 Avenue – is the world’s widest street located in Buenos Aires. There are a total of twelve lanes on the road, or six on each side.

• In Argentina, Friends Day is celebrated on July 20 and friends stay with each other throughout the day.

• Argentina is the first country in the world to recognize children with two fathers. In 2012, a baby was born and two of her fathers were listed on the birth certificate, something that had never happened before elsewhere in the world.

• Argentina is known worldwide to become the center of plastic surgery due to the low cost of procedures. It is estimated that 1 in 30 Argentines have begun to undergo some form of cosmetic plastic surgery.

• Unfortunately, the focus in this country has been on good appearances just from plastic surgery. This country has the highest per capita rate of anorexia in the world. The problem is not limited to women only, as research has shown that every eighth of the patients being treated for the disease is a male.

• The earliest plants in the world were found in Argentina.

• Forty percent of the workforce in Argentina consists of women. About 30 percent of the Congress seats in the country are held by women.

• Argentina is the main tourist destination in South America and Buenos Aires is the most visited city on the continent.

• Political parties in Argentina have their brands of beer.

• Both the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded on the South American continent have occurred in Argentina.

• Ferrets in Argentina are given steroids from birth. They are then prepared and sold as toy poodles that sell for $150 US per ferret.

• The counter-culture statue and Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara was born in Argentina.

• The birth of animation is usually associated with Walt Disney but it was Argentine Quirino Cristiani who made the first animated feature film. L. Apostol was his political satire that began in 1917. It consisted of 58,000 frames and lasted 70 minutes. All copies of the film were lost in the fire in 1926. Cristiani also made the first animated film with sound; The Peludopolis began in 1931.

• Argentina’s Declaration and the Fight for Independence (1810-1818) lead to an extended civil war that lasted until 1861. At that time the country was reorganized into a union of provinces and Buenos Aires became its capital.

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