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General Information
Population: Approximately 40,302,000
Capital: The first settlement of Buenos Aires in 1536 founded by the Paraguayan Pedro de Mendoza was destroyed by the Indians. Then in 1580, Buenos Aires was founded for a second and definitive time by Juan de Garay. Nowadays the population is approximately nowadays 12, 4 million.
Official languages: Spanish, bus there are 15 indigenous languages
Principal Exports: Food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel, agribusiness.
Political Geography: 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 autonomous city(distrito federal); Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Capital Federal, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur, Tucuman.
Festivals
Most Holidays in Argentina commemorate historical events or the death of some of their national heroes. Though there are some parades and official government acts, none of the holidays are particularly attractive tourist speaking, except in some of the northern villages, such as Tilcara, where Easter is celebrated with traditional music bands and street parties, or in Gualeguaychú, in the Litoral region, where the Carnival is attractive in clothing and dancing.
Many of these Holidays are mobile, in order to make three day weekends to promote the tourist industry. These are the official dates:
- January 1st - New Year’s Day
- March 24th – Memorial Day (Anniversary of 1976 coup d'état)
- March or April – Good Friday and Easter
- April 2nd – Malvinas Day (Tribute to the fallen in the Falklands/Malvinas War)
- May 1st – Labor Day
- May 25th – Anniversary of the First Independent Government in Buenos Aires
- June 20th – National Flag Day
- July 9th – National Independence Day
- August 17th – Anniversary of the death of General José de San Martín.
- October 12th – Columbus Day
- December 8th – Immaculate Conception Day
- December 25th – Christmas Day
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