Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
Population: 41,450,000 (2013 est.)
Land Area:2,780,400 km²
Capital: Buenos Aires
Main cities: Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, Mar del Plata
Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
GDP: $611.755 billion (2013 est.)
Monetary unit: Peso
Exports: $71.935  billion f.o.b. (2014)
Exports - commodities: edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles
Exports - partners: Brazil 16.9%, Chile 8.9%, US 8.4%, China 7.3% (2006)
Imports: $65.249 billion f.o.b. (2014 est.)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics
Imports - partners: Brazil 36.1%, US 14.9%, China 6.3%, Germany 5.1% (2006)
Land use:
arable land: 10.03%
permanent crops: 0.36%
other: 89.61% (2005)
Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium