Capital: Buenos Aires
Population: 43,024,374 (July 2014)
Climate: Subtropical in the north, sub-Antarctic in the south of Patagonia, mild and humid in the Pampas (plains)
Language: Spanish
Total area: 2,780,400 sq km
Ethnic groups: White – mostly of Spanish and Italian stock (97%), Mestizo – mixed white and Amerindian (3%)
Religion: Roman Catholic (92% – though fewer than 20% practise their faith); Protestant (2%), Jewish (2%), other (4%)
Currency: Argentine Peso (ARS)
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