Interesting Facts About Argentina
I love writing posts about facts on this blog. I had previously written some facts about wolves and fun facts about France. Today, I am going to tell you some interesting and fun facts about Argentina.
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.
Anna
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KFC
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sarah
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i am ALSO studying this country in school in Alabama
sarah
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tim
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arley
great website. i am studying Argentina in Indiana
Eden T
this information has helped me a lot! I am studying to be a foreign exchange student in Argentina for my senior year!
Amira
This website is awesome Im studying Argentina at a middle school in Montgomery, Alabama
Jeanette
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Maddie
This website is very helpful. I am doing a report on Argentina for my Spanish class in Virginia.
Brenda(:
This website is very helpful. Im doing a project on Argentina and i am from Argentina too (:
Uchiha Awesomeface
lol this helped so much =D and whats with all the 1:30 posts?
Want to know it
Maybe people staying up late to do an assignment!
Caitlyn
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zd
thanks alot this helped me out a lot 🙂
zrinka
haha I have presentation about Argentina! 🙂
i’m from croatia.
ladybritt
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sabrina
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Dudette Person
This is an awesome website.
I have to do this 101 facts project in school,
and now because of this website, I have to do like 2 more!
Thank you website creator dude person!!!
Dudette Person
By the way, I am from Buenos Aires, Argentina but I live in Los Angles, California.
Thank you again website creator dude person
Tmerr
This is a very rad website. I have to do a fact in spanish about Argentina, and I’m going to use one from here. I’m from pleasant grove, utah, and you are a stud! Good day to you.
Anna
I am doing a five page paper on Argentina. I love the country, the culture, and the land. It is amazing learning about the world outside of South Carolina.
t.j
Great website love it, Im studying Argentina in Arizona
rajumary
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We are studying Argentina for a group project for Human Geography in Bay City,Texas……
Dani
Love this site. super helpful.
Im learning about Argentina in Florida!! whoo! wanna visit this place!
Peyton D.
This was a very helpful site and i am studying in Utah
Lucy Evison! :]]
Im doing about the world cup on school and i have to research this country!! :]]
Carolina
I’m from Argentina 🙂
And right now I’m on the USA. I’m doing an exchange.
I would be glad to answer questions anytime about Argentina 🙂
By the way… nice post
sammy
im studying argentina in new zealand! GO NZ!!!!!XD
Ashley
I am studying this country in Spanish class right now.
shane
doing a spanish project, very helpful
Wyatt Parsons
Good site, researching for Spanish project. I’ll definitely be here way more often.