Argentina has land dispute with United Kingdom over 1 000 000 km2 of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (total area 3,761,274 km² (1,452,236 sq mi).
Geographically, the country is divided into 7 regions- Pampas, Gran Chaco, Mesopotamia, Patagonia, Cuyo, and NOA or Northwest. The lowest point in Argentina is Laguna del Carbón in Santa Cruz, -344 feet below sea level. The effect of gravity at Laguna del Carbón is so deep that a pendulum clock advances here 24 seconds in a days time and hence needs regular corrections. If you are curious knowing how a pendulum clock works please ask to NNE moderators for more precise information.
Argentina has 2899 mi long coastline, probably vast resources of fisheries and hydrocarbon energy resources. Argentina has number of rivers, major one includes- Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Río Negro, Salado, Uruguay and the largest river, the Paraná.
The climate in Argentina is predominantly temperate, ranging from sub tropical in the north to sub polar in the far south. In fact, Argentina is the hottest and coldest in South American region. On July 17, 1972 the coldest temperature recorded in Argentina was -39 degree Celsius. On January 2, 1920, Argentina recorded highest temperature 49.1 degree Celsius. So you can imagine what type of environment Argentina offers.
Argentina is a federal presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Argentina is both head of the state and head of the government. The cabinet ministers are appointed by the President. Both the president and vice president in Argentina are elected directly for four year terms. Argentina's administration is divided into 23 provinces, and one autonomous city commonly known as the capital federal but officially Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
Mercosur is an international block of five member countries viz Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Theses nations are full members of Mercosur. Associat members of Mercosur are Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Argentina is well known contributor of peace keeping operations including in El Salvador-Honduras-Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ecuador-Peru, Western Sahara, Argentina, Kuwait, Cyprus, Croatia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Timor Leste.
The economy of Argentina boosts from its natural resources, rich agricultural yields and industrial exports. Though economy of Argentina was not very sound till 2002, but in 2003, there was huge surge in exports which strengthened GDP manifold and also created thousands of new jobs, to unemployed. And since then the economical growth is continuing. The Argentina's economy grew 8.8% during 2003, 9% in 2004, and 9.2% in 2005 and 2006.
