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The description of the region by the word Argentina has been found on a Venetian map in 1536. [26] In English, the name Argentina comes from the Spanish language; however, the naming itself is not Spanish, but Italian. Argentina (masculine argentino) means in Italian '(made) of silver, silver coloured', derived from the Latin argentum for silver
Argentina – country in South America, the continent's second largest by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city , Buenos Aires. It is the eighth -largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations .
The geography of Argentina is heavily diverse, consisting of the Andes Mountains, pampas, and various rivers and lakes. Bordered by the Andes in the west and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, its neighbouring countries are Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, and Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast.
English: Latzina map of 1882. The first official argentine map, produced, after the Boundary Treaty of 1881. It was ordered to be drawn up by the then Argentine Minister of the Interior, Bernardo de Irigoyen for inclusion in an official publication issued by the Director of the National Statistics Office in 1883 under the title "The Argentine Republic as a field for European Emigration".
From West to East and North to South, these are: Argentine Northwest: Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca; Gran Chaco: Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero; Mesopotamia ...
200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground Map of a planned expansion of the Buenos Aires Underground network. The Buenos Aires Underground (locally known as subte, from "subterráneo" meaning underground or subway), is a high-yield [clarification needed] system providing access to various parts of the city.
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Salta (Spanish:) is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name.With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina.