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Argentina, [a] officially the Argentine Republic, [b] is a country in the southern half of South America.Argentina covers an area of 2,780,400 km 2 (1,073,500 sq mi), [B] 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 is divided into twenty-three federated states called provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular provincia) and one called the autonomous city (ciudad autónoma) of Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the republic (Spanish: Capital Federal) as decided by the Argentine Congress. [1]
Geographical regions of Argentina (6) which are used only traditionally; Provinces (23, provincia) [1]; Autonomous city (1, ciudad autónoma) [1] Departments / Partidos 376/135 . The province of Mendoza divides its territory into departments, which are further divided into districts (distritos), which are called sections (secciones) in the Capital Department.
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 .
According to the Montevideo Convention, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. [4] The following states are all members of the United Nations [ 5 ] and current or former members of the Union of South American Nations .
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Rank Subnational flag [note 6] Coat of arms/seal [note 7] Common name [note 8] Capital Largest city Sovereign state Area Population Rank within sovereign state Population density
Regardless of the regions system used, some provinces are shared by more than one region. For instance, Southwestern Santiago del Estero is sometimes considered part of the Sierras area, or even the Humid Pampa, while the Southern part of La Pampa is sometimes called Dry Pampa and included in Patagonia. Finally, La Rioja is sometimes considered ...