With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-

largest country in the world

The name "Argentina" comes from the Latin word for silver, argentum. The original
European settlers believed the country was full of silver
Argentina is subdivided into 23 provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires.
Each have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system
Argentina's economy is Latin America's third-largest and the second largest in
South America
In 2001, Argentina had 5 presidents in 10 days
The declaration and fight for independence of Argentina that started in 1810 was
followed by an extended civil war that lasted until 1880
Argentina has dropped 13 zeroes off their currency since 1970, a factor of ten
trillion
In 1913, Argentina was the world's 10th wealthiest nation per capita. Now it's the
54th
Between 1974 and 1983, up to 30,000 people went "missing" in Argentina. Most were
killed by the military junta running the country
Argentina's retired soccer player Diego Maradona has his own religion made by his
fans
The toothpaste "Colgate" in Argentine Spanish translates to "Go Hang Yourself."
There is a Welsh-speaking part of Argentina. It has its own dialect of Welsh

In 1971, Evita Peron's body was exhumed and flown to Spain, where Argentina's Ex-
President Juan Peron and his new wife kept the corpse in their dining room
heartbroken Argentine farmer spent decades cultivating a guitar-shaped forest to
honor his late wife

The AMIA Bombing of Argentina in 1994 was one of the largest terrorist attacks in
South America, killing 85 people
Pope Francis was the first public personality in Argentina to sign a petition for
justice in the 1994 AMIA terrorist attack
The world's widest avenue is the "9th of July" in Argentina, with 14 lanes, plus 4
lanes of parallel streets
The major figure of the Cuban Revolution, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, was born in
Argentina
Argentina was the firstcountry in Latin America to legalizesame-sex marriage in
2010
In 1938, 15,000 Argentines celebrated in Buenos Aires the NAZI annexation of
Austria
In 1891, Juan Vucetich, an Argentine Police Official, made the first criminal
fingerprint identification
The Rufous hornero is the national animal of Argentina