| Argentine Republic[1] República Argentina(Spanish) |
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Motto: "En unión y libertad" (Spanish)
"In Unity and Freedom" |
Anthem: "Himno Nacional Argentino" (Spanish)
"Argentine National Anthem"
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Capital
(and largest city) | Buenos Aires
34°36′S58°23′W / 34.6°S 58.383°W / -34.6; -58.383 |
| Official language(s) | Spanish(de facto) |
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| Ethnic groups (2011) | White (61%), Mestizo (26%), Does not know/No response (7%), Other (3%), Amerindian (1%), Black (1%), Mulatto (1%), Asian (0%) (self-reported)[2] |
| Demonym | Argentine, Argentinian, Argentinean |
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| Government | Federalrepresentativepresidential republic |
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| - | President | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |
| - | Vice President and President of the Senate |
Amado Boudou |
| - | Supreme Court President | Ricardo Lorenzetti |
| Legislature | Congress |
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| - | Upper house | Senate |
| - | Lower house | Chamber of Deputies |
| Independence | from Spain |
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| - | May Revolution | 25 May 1810 |
| - | Declared | 9 July 1816 |
| - | Current constitution | 1 May 1853 |
| Area |
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| - | Total | 2,780,400 km2 [3](8th)
1,073,518 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 1.57 |
| Population |
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| - | 2012 estimate | 41,281,631[4] |
| - | 2010 census | 40,117,096[3] (32nd) |
| - | Density | 15.17/km2 (207th)
39.30/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $710.7 billion[5] (22nd) |
| - | Per capita | $17,376[5] (51st) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
| - | Total | $435.2 billion[5] (27th) |
| - | Per capita | $10,640[5] (62nd) |
| Gini (2009) | 0.458[6] (high) |
| HDI (2011) |  0.797[7] (very high) (45th) |
| Currency | Peso ($) (ARS) |
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| Time zone | ART(UTC−3) |
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| Date formats | dd.mm.yyyy (CE) |
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| Drives on the | right (trains ride on the left) |
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| ISO 3166 code | AR |
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| Internet TLD | .ar |
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| Calling code | +54 |
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