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International Student Association
ARGENTINA
Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean,
between Chile and Uruguay
Area - comparative: slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US
Land boundaries:
total : 9,665 km
border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km,
Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km
Coastline: 4,989 km
Ethnic groups: white (mostly Spanish and
Italian) 97%, mestizo, Amerindian, or other nonwhite groups 3%
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing),
Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French .
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