Republic of Argentina

Argentine Republic República Argentina  (Spanish)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "En unión y libertad" ("In Unity and Freedom")
Anthem:  Himno Nacional Argentino ("Argentine National Anthem")
Sol de Mayo (Sun of May)
Argentina shown in dark green
Capital and largest city	Buenos Aires 34°36′S 58°23′W / 34.600°S 58.383°W / -34.600; -58.383
Official language and national language	Spanish
Regional languages	Guaraní in Corrientes; Qom, Mocoví and Wichi in Chaco
Religion	74% Catholicism 15% Non-religious 8% Protestant 2% Other 1% Islam
Demonym	Argentine Argentinian Argentinean (uncommon)
Government	Federal presidential constitutional republic
• President	Mauricio Macri
• Vice President	Gabriela Michetti
Legislature	Congress
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Independence from Spain
• May Revolution	25 May 1810
• Declared	9 July 1816
• Constitution	1 May 1853
Area
• Total	2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi) (8th)
• Water (%)	1.57
Population
• 2015 estimate	43,417,000
• 2010 census	40,117,096 (32nd)
• Density	14.4/km2 (37.3/sq mi) (212th)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$879.447 billion (25th)
• Per capita	$20,170 (56th)
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$628.935 billion (21st)
• Per capita	$12,425 (53rd)
Gini (2014)	42.7 medium
HDI (2015)	0.827 very high · 45th
Currency	Peso ($) (ARS)
Time zone	ART (UTC−3)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy (CE)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+54
ISO 3166 code	AR
Internet TLD	.ar
^ Though not declared official de jure, the Spanish language is the only one used in the wording of laws, decrees, resolutions, official documents and public acts. ^ Trains driven on left.

Coordinates: 34°S 64°W / 34°S 64°W / -34; -64

Guaraní in Corrientes;

Argentina (ⁱ/ˌɑːrdʒənˈtiːnə/; Spanish: [aɾxenˈtina]), officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina), is a federal republic in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km² (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the second largest in Latin America, and the largest Spanish-speaking one. The country is subdivided into twenty-three provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular provincia) and one autonomous city (ciudad autónoma), Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation (Spanish: Capital Federal) as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system.