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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the far south of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km² (1,073,397 mi²), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state divided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, and a part of Antarctica.

The earliest recorded human presence in modern-day Argentina dates back to the Paleolithic period. The Inca Empire expanded to the northwest of the country in pre-Columbian times. The modern country has its roots in Spanish colonisation of the region during the 16th century. Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish overseas viceroyalty founded in 1776. The Argentine Declaration of Independence on July 9 of 1816 and the Argentine War of Independence (1810–1825) were followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1880, culminating in the country's reorganisation as a federation. The then sparsely populated country thereafter enjoyed relative peace and stability, with several subsequent mass waves of millions of European immigrants (mainly Italians and Spaniards) significantly influencing its culture and demography.

Argentina is a regional power, and retains its historic status as a middle power in international affairs. A major non-NATO ally of the United States, Argentina is a developing country with the second-highest HDI (human development index) in Latin America after Chile. Its economy is the second-largest in South America, and it is a member of G-15 and G20. Argentina is also a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Mercosur, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the Organization of Ibero-American States. (Full article...)

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Miguel de Azcuénaga

Miguel de Azcuénaga (June 4, 1754 – December 19, 1833) was an Argentine brigadier. Educated in Spain, at the University of Seville, Azucuenaga began his military career in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and became a member of the Primera Junta, the first autonomous government of modern Argentina. He was shortly exiled because of his support to the minister Mariano Moreno, and returned to Buenos Aires when the First Triumvirate replaced the Junta. He held several offices since then, most notably being the first Governor intendant of Buenos Aires after the May Revolution. He died at his country house (the modern Quinta de Olivos) in 1833. (Full article...)

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The Calchaquí Valleys (Spanish: Valles Calchaquíes) are a series of valleys in the northwestern region of Argentina which crosses the provinces of Catamarca, Tucumán and Salta. It is best known for its contrast of colours and its unique geography that ranges from the mountain desert to the subtropical forest.

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Image 1Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata in 1777 (from History of Argentina)
Image 2Population of Indigenous people in Greater Buenos Aires according to the 2022 census. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 3The haystacks (1911) by Martín Malharro. He is considered the introducer of Impressionism in Argentina. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 4The asado (1888), by Ignacio Manzoni. Asado is considered a national dish, and is typical of Argentine families to gather on Sundays around one. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 5Payada in a bar. Painting by Carlos Morel. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 6The ousting of President Arturo Illia was initially broadly supported but later deeply regretted by the Argentine population. (from History of Argentina)
Image 7Distribution of Native Argentines by province according to the 2022 census (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 8President Arturo Frondizi (from History of Argentina)
Image 9The training ship Sarmiento and the Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires (from History of Argentina)
Image 10President Juan Perón (1946) (from History of Argentina)
Image 11Guaraní girl in Yrapú, Misiones Province. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 12alt=Flag of La Rioja (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 13Population pyramid of Indigenous Argentines in 2022. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 14Florencio Molina Campos, Argentine illustrator and painter. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 15Portrait of José de San Martín (from History of Argentina)
Image 16Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas by Cayetano Descalzi around 1841 (from History of Argentina)
Image 17The Tucumán Government Palace is the executive office building of the Government of the Tucumán Province. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 18Cristina Fernández de Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015. (from History of Argentina)
Image 19Argentine literary figures: Julio Cortázar, Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 20Emanuel Ginóbili, one of the most recognized Argentine basketball players. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 21Lionel Messi is the football player (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 22The changing state of Argentina. The light green area was allocated to indigenous peoples, the light pink area was the Liga Federal, the hatched areas are subject to change during the period. (from History of Argentina)
Image 23Known as the "voice of the voiceless ones", Mercedes Sosa was one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 24Marta Minujín's Tower of Babel (2011) (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 25Raúl Alfonsín's presidential inauguration, 1983 (from History of Argentina)
Image 26Iconic Argentine actresses in the 1961 Berlin International Film Festival: Isabel Sarli, Olga Zubarry, Tita Merello and Mirtha Legrand (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 27President Hipólito Yrigoyen (from History of Argentina)
Image 28Néstor Kirchner served as President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. His presidency marked the ideology called Kirchnerism. (from History of Argentina)
Image 29The frescoed dome of Galerías Pacífico was painted by muralists Berni, Castagnino, Colmeiro, Spilimbergo and Urruchúa. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 30President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (from History of Argentina)
Image 31Carlos Menem served as President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. (from History of Argentina)
Image 32Tehuelche Cacique Casimiro Biguá, c. 1864 (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 33Police intervention in the 2001 riots (from History of Argentina)
Image 34President Julio Argentino Roca, the central political figure of the PAN Hegemony years (from History of Argentina)
Image 35Javier Milei served as President of Argentina since 2023. (from History of Argentina)
Image 36Argentine junta leader Jorge Rafael Videla meeting U.S. President Jimmy Carter in September 1977 (from History of Argentina)
Image 37Mauricio Macri served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. (from History of Argentina)
Image 38Alberto Fernández served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. (from History of Argentina)
Image 39The interior of the Teatro Colón. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 40Artifacts at the Pío Pablo Díaz Museum in Cachi, Salta Province. One of several in Argentina devoted to the ethnology of Indigenous peoples. (from Indigenous peoples in Argentina)
Image 41Under General Roca, the Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
Image 42Carlos Gardel is the most famous representative of Tango. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 43El Ateneo Grand Splendid in Buenos Aires. (from Culture of Argentina)
Image 44Map of the East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute. In blue and green are the boundaries claimed by Argentinian and Chilean historians respectably as uti possidetis iuris in Patagonia. (from History of Argentina)
Image 45Monument to the Falklands War fallen, Rosario (from History of Argentina)

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... that despite being commonly found off the coast of Argentina, Diplodus argenteus is not named after the country?
... that Manuel García de Sena's 1811 translation of U.S. founding documents into Spanish influenced the first constitutions of Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela?
... that the mother of a man who was murdered by Martín Ríos said that the case opened a social debate in Argentina on the difference between psychosis and psychopathy?
... that after fleeing to Argentina as a Spanish Civil War refugee, Maria Muntañola Cvetković became one of Yugoslavia's first experts on microfungi?
... that, for the centennial of Arenaza, Argentina, residents painted their houses pink, green and yellow under an artist's direction?
... that the 2024 opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina took place at 21:00 instead of 12:00?

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1793 The city of Rosario is founded in Santa Fe Province.
1939 Enrique Pinti, political humorist, and actor is born in Buenos Aires.

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...that at least seven members of the Scottish Argentine Brown family have played international football for Argentina?
...that, in 2000, Argentinian singer Rodrigo sold out 13 consecutive shows at the Luna Park arena to promote his quadruple-platinum album A 2000?
...that record producer Cachorro López co-wrote "Color Esperanza", a song performed in Argentina back to back with the national anthem?
...that with a total weight of over 100 tonnes (example of fragment pictured), Campo del Cielo is the heaviest meteorite ever found on Earth?
...that the Argentine The Cámpora political youth organization is named after president Héctor José Cámpora?
...that the Argentine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed by the Congress of Tucumán at the Casa de Tucumán (pictured)?
...that one of the causes of the May Revolution could have been that Napoleon crowned his own brother Joseph Bonaparte as the new Spanish King?
...that Graciela Chichilnisky, who proposed the Kyoto Protocol's market for carbon credit trading, obtained her PhDs in mathematics and economics without ever having been an undergraduate?

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