ARGENTINA CULTURE SPORT MUSIC RELIGION FOOD ENGLISH

1. Argentina
Aldair Fernández

2. Argentina Republic
Argentina is a federal republic located in
southeastern South America.
Sharing the Southern Cone with its smaller
neighbour Chile.
It is bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to
the north;
Brazil to the northeast;
Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to
the east;
Chile to the west and the Drake Passage
to the south.

3. With a mainland area of 2,780,400
km2 is the eighth-largest country in
the world, the second-largest in Latin
America, and the largest Spanish-
speaking.

4. NATIONAL SYMBOLS
FLAG COAT OF
ARMS
May Sun
“Unión y Libertad”
(In unity and freedom)
Motto

5. TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION
 Argentina is a federation of
twenty-three provinces and
one autonomous city, Buenos
Aires.
 Provinces are divided for
administration purposes into
departments and
municipalities, except for
Buenos Aires Province, which is
divided into partidos.
 Buenos Aires City is divided into
communes.

6. WHEATHER
 The seasons are reversed in the Southern
Hemisphere
 December to February is summer
 March to May is autumn
 June to August is winter
 September to November is spring

7. Tropical climate in Iguazú Falls,
Mesopotamia.
Subpolar climate in El Calafate, Western
Patagonia.
The mountainous areas
have alpine climate with
temperatures below
freezing much of the
year.

8. Ethnography
 It is considered that Argentina is a country of immigrants.
 During the 18th and 19th centuries especially, Argentina
was the country with the second biggest immigration
wave in the world, with 6.6 million, second only to the USA
in the numbers of immigrants received (27 millions).

9. Religion
 The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
 According to a CONICET poll, Argentines are
 76.5% Catholic,
 11.3% Agnostics and Atheists,
 9% Evangelical Protestants,
 1.2% Jehovah's Witnesses,
 0.9% Mormons;
 1.2% follow other religions, including Islam,
Judaism and Buddhism Francis, the first pope from the New World,
was born and raised in Argentina.

10. Culture
Argentina is a multicultural country with significant European influences.
The other big influence is the gauchos and their traditional country lifestyle of
self-reliance.
Finally, indigenous American traditions have been absorbed into the general
cultural milieu.

11. Literature
Jorge Luis Borges,
Argentina's most
acclaimed writer and
one of the foremost
figures in the history of
literature.
Four of the most influential Argentine writers.
Top-left to bottom-right: Julio Cortázar,
Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges and
Adolfo Bioy Casares

12. Music
 Tango, a Rioplatense musical genre with
European and African influences, is one
of Argentina's international cultural
symbols.
 Argentine singer and songwriter Carlos
Gardel is the most important figure in
the history of tango.

14. Sport
The Pato is the national
sport.
The sport that more like to
the Argentines is the
football.
14 America cups
2 World Cups
1 Confederations Cup
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Diego Maradona,
and Lionel Messi are among the best
players in the game history.

15. Gastronomy
 The Argentina cuisine is mainly known for beef and wines. As well the
Italian Food.

16. Sweet Milk (Arequipe)
 Ingredients:
 1 liter of milk
 1 pound sugar
 1 teaspoon baking soda
 Preparation:
 In a saucepan combine milk , sugar and baking .
 Stir well to incorporate the ingredients and bring to boil.
 Keep on the stove over low heat , stirring to prevent sticking or ahúme ,
until mixture thickens and acquire the desired texture roughly an hour and
thirty.

17. Thanks