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Impression of a Buenos Aires slaughterhouse by Charles Pellegrini, 1829.. Since its formal organization as a national entity in the second half of the 17th century, Argentina followed an agricultural and livestock export model of development with a large concentration of crops in the fertile Pampas, particularly in and around Buenos Aires Province, as well as in the littoral of the Paraná and ...
A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Global map of pastoralism, its origins and historical development [1]. Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. [2]
In the same year Argentina produced 4.1 million tons of barley, being one of the 20 largest producers in the world of this cereal. [10] The country is also one of the world's largest producers of sunflower seed : in 2010, it was the 3rd largest producer in the world with 2.2 million tons. [ 11 ]
There are 12 World Heritage Sites in Argentina, and a further eight on the tentative list. [3] The first site listed was the Los Glaciares National Park , at the 5th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Sydney , Australia , in October 1981. [ 4 ]
The Pampas (from the Quechua: pampa, meaning "plain"), also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than 1,200,000 square kilometres (460,000 sq mi) and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.
The approximate distribution of languages in the southernmost regions of South America during the years of the Spanish conquest Tehuelche chiefs, located in Santa Cruz Province in the south of Argentina. The Tehuelche people, also called the Aónikenk, are an Indigenous people from eastern Patagonia in South America.
In 1920, in the aftermath of the First World War, the price of wool had dropped significantly provoking an economic crisis in the sheep-breeding Argentine Patagonia. [15] The sheep farming economy came to face increased social unrest, such as the events of Patagonia Rebelde , and addition to competition from New Zealand sheep farmers . [ 1 ]
There is a longstanding forestry industry in Argentina, as illustrated by this display at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis; however major exports did not begin until 1999. The forestry sector in Argentina has great potential. The geography of the country extends from north to south, encompassing 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi).