Argentina

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Argentina invites you

Argentina is a South American country, constituted as a federation of twenty-three provinces and an autonomous city. It is second in size on the South American continent to Brazil and eighth in the world. Argentina occupies a continental surface area of 2,766,890 km² (1,068,302 sq mi) between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the northeast, and Chile in the west and south. The country claims the British-administered overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Argentina also claims 969,464 km² (374,312 sq mi) of Antarctica, known as Argentine Antarctica, overlapping other claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory).

Argentina has the highest Human Development Index level and the second highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America and its total national GDP is the 23rd largest in the world. The country is currently classified as an Upper-Middle Income Country or as a secondary emerging market by the World Bank. Argentina's nominal GDP makes it the 31st largest economy in the world. (Credit: Wikipedia

REGIONS

(Photo Map: Argentina Secretaira de Turismo)

Twenty- three provinces and an autonomous city

CITY OF BUENOS AIRES

The Great Gateway to Argentina and South America

LITORAL

Misiones - Corrientes - Entre Rios - Formosa - Chaco - Santa Fe

"The Land of Great Rivers"

NORTE

Jujuy - Salta - Catamarca - Tucuman - Santiago del Estero

"A Haven for Tradition and Pre-Colombian Art"

CUYO

La Rioja - San Juan - Mendoza - San Luis

"Home to Wine and Sunshine"

CENTRO

Buenos Aires - Cordoba

"From the hills to the sea, across the land of the Gaucho"

Rancho Paradise - Exclusive Cabins for Couples in the Gaucho lands

PATAGONIA

La Pampa - Neuquen - Rio Negro - Chubut - Santa Cruz - Tierra del Fuego

"Between the Andes and the Atlantic, the mythical Patagonia"

Profiles

The Capital city

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Argentina Invites

ECOTOURISM

World Heritage

Since 1981 Argentina has been distinguished by UNESCO several times: many areas within its territory have been declared WORLD NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE sites

PATAGONIA

Profiles:

NATIONAL PARKS

ECOTOURISM

ADVENTURE TOURISM

GOLF

RURAL TOURISM

TOURIST TRAINS

HEALTH TOURISM

WINTER SPORTS

ANGLING

THE WINE ROUTE

CONFERENCES, EXHIBITIONS AND INCENTIVES

TANGO AND ENTERTAINMENT

USEFUL INFORMATION

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