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Argentina
Argentina (official name Argentine Republic) (official
name in Spanish Republica Argentina)is a large, elongated country
in the southern part of South America, neighbouring countries
being Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay to the north, Uruguay to
the north east and Chile to the west. In the east Argentina
has a long South Atlantic Ocean coastline.
Regions
The National Presidential Office and the National Census Agency
uses several regions to perform statics tasks; according to
this, the most visited are:
Cities
The largest cities are:
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Buenos Aires or "Ciudad Aut?noma de Buenos
Aires", usually called Capital Federal to distinguish
it from the province of Buenos Aires.
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C?rdoba, second largest.
La Plata, capital of the most important state, and known as
"the perfect city" for its tracing (see map).
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Mendoza, fourth largest, well known for its
extensive and high quality wine production.
Rosario, third largest city.
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San Juan, the tenth largest city, capital
of the province of San Juan, and a center of quality wine
production.
There are also a lot of medium-sized towns, like
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Bah?a Blanca
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Comodoro Rivadavia
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Concepci?n del Uruguay
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Mar del Plata
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Necochea
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R?o Gallegos
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Salta
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Santa Fe
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Tucuman
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Ushuaia
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Villa Gesell
Other destinations
According to the National Tourism Agency, the favourite places
outside the important cities are
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The awesome Iguaz? Falls, right in the north-east
corner of the country.
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The Nahuel Huapi National Park, in Patagonia
in the foothills of the Andes mountains and its main city
San Carlos de Bariloche
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The beautiful Mar del Plata, world-wide called
The Pearl of the Atlantic.
El Calafate, the main destination when visiting the Glaciers
National Park and the advancing Perito Moreno Glacier.
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The Perito Moreno Glacier, really a must when
visiting Argentina.
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Many ski centers operate in the Andes during
the winter; Las Le?as and San Carlos de Bariloche are particularly
well-known.
There are two important nature preserves around Puerto Madryn,
Punta Tombo, and Peninsula Valdes where one can see guanacos,
rheas, penguins, sea lions, birds, and whales at certain times
of the year.
The wine regions of Mendoza and Salta are also very popular
tourist destinations.
Understand
Argentina is the second-largest country in South America, and
the eighth-largest in the world. It is also the highest and the
lowest of the continent; at 6.960m Cerro Aconcagua is the tallest
mountain in the whole American continent, while Salinas Chicas,
at 40m below sea level, is the lowest point.
At the southern tip of Argentina there are several routes between
the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans including the
Strait of Magellan, the Beagle Channel, and the Drake Passage
as an alternative sailing around Cape Horn in the open ocean
between South America and Antarctica.
Climate
Buenos Aires and the Pampas are temperate; cold in the winter,
hot and humid in the summer.
The deserts of Cuyo are extremely hot and dry in the summer
and moderately cold and dry in the winter. Spring and fall often
exhibit rapid temperature reversals; several days of extremely
hot weather may be followed by several days of cold weather,
then back to extremely hot.
The Andes are cool in the summer and very cold in the winter,
varying according to altitude.
Patagonia is cool in the summer and cold in the winter. Extreme
temperature shifts within a single day are even more common
here; pack a variety of clothes and dress in layers.
Don't forget that seasons are reversed from those of the Northern
Hemisphere.
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