Argentina: General


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ISO code

AR

Region

South America

Argentina spreads over an area between the Andes Mountain Range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It is bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Chile to the west and the Drake Passage to the south.

(Last updated on 2018-10-26)

Local time

UTC (GMT) -03h00

ART - Argentina Time

No daylight saving time adjustments.

For local time information worldwide, see www.timeanddate.com or www.thetimenow.com.

(Last updated on 2021-07-07)

Telephone code

Country code for Argentina: +54 plus 10-digit (incl. city/area code for both landlines and cell phones) phone number for local subscriber.

Area codes for 10 major cities: Buenos Aires 11, Quilmes 11, Córdoba 351, Rosario 341, Mendoza 261, San Miguel de Tucumán 381, La Plata 221, Mar del Plata 223, Salta 387, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz 342

(Last updated on 2021-02-16)

Currency

ARS = Argentine Peso [$] (subdivided into 100 Centavos)

(Last updated on 2018-05-22)

Official languages

(Last updated on 2019-03-15)

Other languages

(Last updated on 2018-06-28)

Measurement

Metric system.

(Last updated on 2021-07-25)

Population

46,184,400 (22 Nov. 2022)

(Last updated on 2022-11-22)

General information sources

Review summary of Argentinian Economic Data.

(Last updated on 2022-06-09)

Wikipedia entry

Refer to Wikipedia site highlighting Argentina.

(Last updated on 2015-08-15)

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