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 * =__**ARGENTINA!!!!**__=

**__Location__**
===**ARGENTINA is located in the south of South America. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south.** **Argentina claims over part of Antarctica as well. Argentina also claims the Falkland Islands (Spanish: //Islas Malvinas//) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom as British Overseas Territories.They went to war with the United Kingdom in 1982 over the Falkland Islands and were defeated.****The capital of Argentina is Buenos Aires.Buenos Aires is the largest city in Argentina. Beunos Aires has a population of thirteen million people.Argentina is the second largest country in South America in land mass after Brazil. Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.**=== = = ==

**__//WEATHER IN ARGENTINA//__**

 * ===**WEATHER IN ARGENTINA IS HOT . Argentina is subject to a variety of climates. The north of the country, including latitudes in and below the Tropic of Capricorn, is characterized by very hot, humid summers (which result in a lot of swamp lands) with mild drier winters, and is subject to periodic droughts during the winter season.Central Argentina has hot summers with tornadoes and thunderstorms (in western Argentina producing some of the world's largest hail), and cool winters. The southern regions have warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall, especially in mountainous zones.Higher elevations at all latitudes experience cooler conditions.The hottest and coldest temperature extremes recorded in South America have occurred in Argentina. A record high temperature of 47.3 °C (117.1 °F), was recorded at Campo Gallo, Santiago del Estero Province on October 16, 1936. The lowest temperature recorded was −40 °C (−40 °F) at Valle de los Patos Superior, San Juan, July 8, 1966. Over all Argentina has hot summers and mild drier winters.**=== ||

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 * || ===**//__Fact's on Argentina[|Argentina profile]__//**===
 * ===**Agentina has 23 provinces.**===
 * ===**Argentina has some of the worlds largest mountain ranges. These are called the Andes.**===
 * ===**It is thought that there were people living in Argentina as long back as 13,000 years ago. The evidence is still being studied by archeologists.**===
 * ===**The Santa Maria del Buen Aire settlement was found by Pedro de Mendoza, in 1536. Today, it is known as Buenos Aires, which is Argentina's capital.**===
 * ===**Spanish explorers who arrived in the Americas in the early part of the 16th century laid claim to several countries in the region, with Argentina being colonized by Pedro de Mendoza.**===
 * ===**It was in 1816 that Argentina made a declaration of its independence from Spain.**===
 * ===**After Argentina gained its independence, migrants began arriving from the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.**=== ||

//__Argentina's coat of__// //__arms.__//
===**//It is unkwown who desinged Argentina's coat of arms//. It is often mentioned that there were three men involved in the designing of it. The coat of arms is a figure, in which at the top we find the gold-yellowed Sun of May, also found on the flag of Argentina. In the center ellipse there are two shaking hands, connoting the unity of the provinces of Argentina .****The hands come together to hold a pike, which represents power and willingness to defend freedom, epitomized by the Phrygian cap on the top of the spear.**=== ===**The blue and white colors are symbols of the Argentine people and the same colors of the Argentine flag. The blue half of the ellipse symbolizes the sky and the white one denotes the Río de la Plata. The hands are flesh coloured and stand for friendship, peace, unity, and brotherhood.The pike is brown (wooden), and the Phrygian cap is red,like the traditional French liberty**===
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**__Flag__**
===**Argentinas' flag was made by Manuel Belgrano and made on an unknown date during the Argentina War of Independence. It is light blue, yellow and white. Argentinas' flag wasn't aproved to be used as the countrys' flag but it was used as a war flag. On the first flag Manuel Belgrano made for Argentina, it did not have the sun as you see it now on the flag. That was changed in 1818 to the new flag you see to day.**===

===One of Argentina's most common food is steak and mixed Asado.[|Argentine Food] Argentine asado is a weekend ritual of argentine family's and includes other meats such as sausages, pork and chicken. Milanesa, a pounded piece of chicken or beef breaded and fried or baked,is popular for lunch. Empanadas is like a turnover stuffed with spinach, cheese, mushrooms, beef or chicken or sea food. Other popular foods in Argentina is pizza and pasta since a lot of people came to Argentina from Italy. Another Argentine food is Locro and it comes from the North West Andes. It is a stew filled with grains, meat, vegetables and corn. There are many different foods in Argentina. These are just a fraction of them.===
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__**Goverment**__
===**Argentina 's goverment is run by a President and the two houses of the Argentine National Congress. Elections take place regulary on a multi- party system. The rules are set out in the constitution. At times in it's history the military has taken over control of the government.Below is the National Congress Building.**=== = = =**__Sports__ **= ===**In Argentina they have many sports such as basketball, boxing, cricket, cycling, field hockey, fishing, golf, padel tennis, polo, roller hockey, rowing, , sailing, skiing, swimming, tennis and volleyball. However, football [soccer] is by far the most popular sport in the country. Argentinas' official sport is Pato. Pato is a mixture between basketball and polo. Argentina has won a lot of soccer championships such as the the World Cup, twice in 1978 and 1986. They also have won the Olymipic tournament in 2004 and 2008. Argentina has one of the best soccer players in the world. His name is Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini. Messi is a footballer who plays in La Liga for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team.`**===

**__2010 soccer team [|Pato]__**
=__Industry__ __and Business__= ===**The** economy of Argentina is the third lagest in Latin America.Argentina is rich in natural resources and has an educated population.Agriculture including fruit and vegatable farming and production of wheat and beef cattle is important.Mining of coal and metals as well as manufacturing are other important industries in Argentina.Cars,food ,chemicals,and drugs are all made in Argentina.Oil and gas are also found in Argentina.===