Argentina Facts
Capital: Buenos Aires
Continent: South America
Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Population: 39,921,833 (July 2006 est.)
Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Currency: Argentine peso