ARGENTINA

PHYSICAL FEATURES

CLIMATE

• On average, the warmest month is January.
• On average, the coolest month is July.
• March is the wettest month.
• June is the driest month.

NATURAL DISASTERS

• Earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise
• 173 countries worldwide, Argentina is Rated #40
• Disaster risk of 3.76%

PEOPLE

• Population- 41.45 million (2013)
• Religion- Main religion is Catholicism 71%
• Language- Spanish
• Holiday- death of José de San Martín (17 August)

CLOTHING

• Western style dresses
• jeans and t-shirts
• Soccer jerseys
• Nice pants and dressy shoes

TRADITIONAL FOOD

• Dulce de leche
• Beef-orientated diet

TRADITIONAL MUSIC

• Folk
• Pop
• Classical music
• Tango

GOVERNMENT

• Currency- Peso
• Government- Presidential system- constitutional republic
• Federal republic- representative democracy
• President- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

SPORTS

• National sport= Pato
• Football
• Rubgy
• Field hockey

OCCUPATIONS

• Oil and gas industry,
• Shipbuilding
• Food, and automotive industries
• Mining

TIMELINE

• 1810May25Armed citizens Buenos Aires-the Spanish Viceroy=government.
• 1816-1817Argentina independence Spain. José de San Martín-ChileSpanish forces.
• 1880sArgentina=exporter of wool, wheat and beef. Becomes $$ nation in Latin America
• 1982Argentina war with Britain control of Falkland Islands. Argentina military government falls=end of repression.
• 1991Government makes the peso=U.S. dollar. This helps to stabilize the Argentine economy.