1. Kristina Underwood
History 141
A Country Report: Argentina

2. Geography
Important regions- Four major regions: plains of Pampas, southern plateau of Patagonia, Northern Flats of Gran Chaco, Andes Mountains along western border
Major rivers- Paran (largest), Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Ro Negro, Salado, Uruguay
3. Geography
Lakes- Argention,Viedma, NahuelHuapi, Fagnano, ColhuHuapi, Musters, Lake Buenos Aires, OHiggins/San Martn Lake, mar Chiquita, Crdoba
Mountain Ranges- Andes Mountain Range
Climate- temperate climate: North- subtropical, very hot, humid summers, drier winters; South- subpolar, warm summers, cold winters, snowfall; Central- hot summers with thunderstorms, cool winters
4. Geography
How geography influenced development of country- Pampas are fertile: agriculture 7% employment and 54% of export, southern plateau is rich in oil, Atlantic coast is popular vacation spot, Argentine sea is plentiful in fisheries
5. People
Population of 36,260,130 (2001 census)
3rd most populated in South America
33rd most populated globally
Growth rate of just over 1% annually
People under 15 years of age- 25.6%
People 65 years of age and older- 10.8%
Life expectancy- 76.7 years
6. People
Country of immigrants
Descended from colonial-era
86.4% European descent
8% Mestizo
4% Arab or Asian
1.6% Amerindians
7. People
Religion:
92.1% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
3.1% agnostic
1.9% Muslim
1.3% Jewish
0.9% atheist
0.9% Buddhist and others
Language:
Spanishcastellano (Castilian)
8. History
1542- Spain established the Viceroyalty of Peru
First settlement- For of Sancti Spiritu 1527
Buenos Aires establish in 1536
1810- My Revolution in Buenos Aires replaced Viceroy Cisneros with Primera Junta
Paraguay declared independence from Spain in 1811, and from Argentina in 1842
Battle of Cepeda in 1820 between Centralists and Federalists end of centralized nation authority
9. History
BernardionRivadavia- first President
War of the Triple Alliance- most deaths in South American military history
Neutral during both World Wars
1946- Juan Peron, listened to wifes, Eva, advice carefully, elected president (exiled 1955) populist movement peronism
1947- Womens suffrage
10. History
December 20, 2001- worst economic crisis
Senate Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner- first women to be elected President
Legalization of same-sex marriage- First country in Latin America and 2nd country in Southern Hemisphere
11. Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina