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Channing Shattuck
NATION REPORT
No butts about it, the Argentina people are a vibrant culture – as enthusiastic and
proud of their country as any other nation. Most Argentineans originated from Italy
and Spain with smaller percentages ranging from other European nations and
onwards. It would be safe to say that Argentina is a nation largely made up of
immigrants.
PEOPLE
The religion most practiced in Argentina is Roman Catholicism. The official language that is spoken is Spanish, yet Argentinian Spanish is different from original Spanish.
According to kwintessential.com, Argentinian Spanish sounds much more
like Italian than Spanish from Spain.
PEOPLE
The culture of Argentina is strongly borrowed from the various immigrants that
populated it. The culture is based mainly off a Spanish heritage, with strong Catholic ties.
There is also a name that is given to the populace, a “guacho”, meaning a person from
Southern America with Indian and Spanish decent. The main language of the land is
Spanish. There is a strong fascination from the culture with soccer (better known as futbol in
the country).
CULTURE
Argentina is well-known for it’s variety of foods. It’s cuisine consists of corns, pastries
and meat. The culture is heavily adopted from farm and ranchero life.
Argentina, though known for it’s soccer team, has a national sport called Pato. It is played
by using a six handled ball and on horseback.They are also feverously known for their
music and dance… tango.
CULTURE
Argentina shares borders with Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile. The capital of Argentina is the beautiful riverside city of
Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has remained the heart of the country, being the hotspot for
economic, political and social life. Some of the main industries of Argentina include meat-
packing, flourmilling, metalcrafting, electrical equipment, chemicals, drugs, leather goods, and
textiles because of the prime location and the resources available.
GEOGRAPHY
Argentina has a current population of about 39,144,753 people. The ethnicity that
majorly makes up the population is Hispanic white, mostly originating from Spain and
Italy. The percentage of them? 98%!The climate of Argentina is mostly
temperate, being described as arid in the southeast and subantartic in the south west,
according to kwintessential.com.
GEOGRAPHY
Argentina has several stages of history. The first is known as the Precolumbian time. After that (1500’s to 1800) was
known as the colonial period. Next is post-colonial, then lastly is the modern
Argentina, being from the late 1800’s to now.
HISTORY
Where things started happening was the colonial period, basically this is when the Spaniards
arrived. With the arrival of the Spanish came their form of government, known as Viceroyalty. Wars for independence would rage during the
time of the post colonial age, and the result was a new united nation. Modern Argentina boomed
from improvements in agriculture, foreign investment, and new railroads and ports. Masses
of immigration poured in from Europe.
HISTORY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinian#Architecture.2C_painting_and_sculpture
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/argentina.html
http://www.mibuenosairesquerido.com/wArgentina3.htm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html