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Area: total: 2,766,890 sq km
land: 2,736,690 sq km
water: 30,200 sq km

Climate: mostly temperate arid in southeast subantarctic in southwest

Terrain: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border

Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium

Population: 40,677,348 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.6% [male 5,123,722/female 4,893,843]
15-64 years: 64.6% [male 13,143,693/female 13,127,372]
65 years and over: 10.8% [male 1,801,101/female 2,587,617] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Argentine[s]
adjective: Argentine

Ethnic groups: white [mostly Spanish and Italian] 97%, mestizo [mixed white and Amerindian ancestry], Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%

Languages: Spanish [official], Italian, English, German, French

Capital: name: Buenos Aires
geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 40 W
time difference: UTC-3 [2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October ends third Saturday in March note - a new policy of daylight saving time was initiated by the government on 30 December 2007

National holiday: Revolution Day, 25 May [1810]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9.5%
industry: 34%
services: 56.5% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 16.03 million
note: urban areas only [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $48.99 billion
expenditures: $61.33 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat livestock

Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel

Exports: $54.6 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat

Exports - partners: Brazil 17.5%, Chile 9.5%, US 8.9%, China 7.5% [2006]

Imports: $42.59 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, plastics

Imports - partners: Brazil 34.8%, US 12.6%, China 9.1%, Germany 4.5% [2006]

Currency (code): Argentine peso [ARS]

Exchange rates: Argentine pesos per US dollar - 3.1105 [2007], 3.0543 [2006], 2.9037 [2005], 2.9233 [2004], 2.9006 [2003]

Airports: 1,272 [2007]

Railways: total: 31,902 km
broad gauge: 20,858 km 1.676-m gauge [141 km electrified]
standard gauge: 2,885 km 1.435-m gauge [26 km electrified]
narrow gauge: 7,922 km 1.000-m gauge 237 km 0.750-m gauge [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 47 ships [1000 GRT or over] 542,556 GRT/892,818 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 11, chemical tanker 1, container 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 23, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 12 [Chile 7, UK 4, Uruguay 1]
registered in other countries: 19 [Bolivia 1, Chile 1, Liberia 3, Panama 8, Paraguay 3, Uruguay 3] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Arroyo Seco, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin