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| '''Argentina''', officially the '''Argentine Republic''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''República Argentina''), is a [[country]] in [[South America]]. With a total surface area of 2,766,890 km² (1,078,000 sq mi), it is the second largest country in the continent, next to [[Brazil]], and eighth largest in the [[world]]. It is bordered by [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Chile]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Uruguay]]. It is a [[federal republic]], currently lead by President Néstor Kirchner since May 25, 2003, and will be succeeded on December 10, 2007, by his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Its official [[language]] is [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. It has a total population of 40,301,927, as of a July 2007 estimate, making it the 30th country in the world by population. Its [[currency]] is the Argentine peso, issued by the Central Bank of Argentina. It is divided in 23 provinces and its capital and largest city, [[Buenos Aires]]. It gained its independence from [[Spain]] in July 9, 1816. | | '''Argentina''', officially the '''Argentine Republic''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''República Argentina''), is a [[country]] in [[South America]]. With a total surface area of 2,766,890 km² (1,078,000 sq mi), it is the second largest country in the continent, next to [[Brazil]], and eighth largest in the [[world]]. It is bordered by [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Chile]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Uruguay]]. It is a [[federal republic]], currently lead by President Néstor Kirchner since May 25, 2003, and will be succeeded on December 10, 2007, by his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Its official [[language]] is [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. It has a total population of 40,301,927, as of a July 2007 estimate, making it the 30th country in the world by population. Its [[currency]] is the Argentine peso, issued by the Central Bank of Argentina. It is divided in 23 provinces and its capital and largest city, [[Buenos Aires]]. It gained its independence from [[Spain]] in July 9, 1816. |
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| ===Surveys===
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| * Brown, Jonathan C. ''A Brief History of Argentina.'' Facts on File, 2003. 324 pp.
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| * DellaPaolera, Geraldo and Taylor, Alan M., eds. ''A New Economic History of Argentina.'' Cambridge U. Press, 2003. 397 pp
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| *The [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html Argentina]. Retreived on November 27, 2007. | | *The [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html Argentina]. Retreived on November 27, 2007. |
