Argentina

ARGENTINA

Capital

Buenos Aires

Official language Spanish

Gentilicio

Argentinian

Form of government Federal Democratic Republic

President

Vice-president

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Amado Boudou

currency Peso ($, ARS)

Calling code +54

TOURISM

Argentina is the fourth most visited country in the Americas most visited South America. Buenos Aires stands out as the favorite center for foreign and domestic tourists. They are attracted by a populous and cosmopolitan city with extensive infrastructure . Among many other factors, the tango is one of the reasons for the visit to the capital of Argentina . The Buenos Aires night feature is a major attractants for its varied cultural, gastronomic and entertainment offer.

Another notable center of attraction is Niagara Falls, in the province of Misiones, declared in 1984 a World Heritage Site by Unesco . The fall of the mighty Iguazu River complements the subtropical forest that surrounds it .

Argentina has a large variety of mountainous areas , several of them practiced mountaineering and others base their attraction on contact with snow or its characteristic landscapes . Main are in the west, in the Andes , but there are mountain ranges in the Sierras de Córdoba. Among the sites used for mountaineering is Aconcagua , the highest mountain in America . The most important for its tourist spots are snow Bariloche and Las Lenas. A formation known internationally is the Quebrada de Humahuaca. The Train to the Clouds is one of the highest railways in the world. Party from the province of Salta, and crosses the Quebrada del Toro through Tastil - considered one of the main pre-Hispanic urban centers of South America , where archaeological remains are found.

Glaciers are one of the main attractions of the Patagonia Argentina . The area of continental ice and glaciers is a natural treasure , a World Heritage Site by laUnesco in 1981.

View of the coast of the city related to Gomez lagoon in the heart of the Pampas Plain Argentina Junin.

Cerro de los Siete Colores, in the village of Purmamarca, Province of Jujuy, in the Northwest.

Beach Atlantic Coast Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Sea near Necochea.

Talampaya National Park, province of La Rioja.

The Iguazu Falls are 80% in Argentine territory and were chosen as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

MUSIC

Tango is a musical style and a dance born in the suburbs of Buenos Aires international diffusion, strongly linked with Argentina and Uruguay, but especially Buenos Aires. While in the

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