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General information about Argentina

Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 04 мар 2011, 01:01

03/01/2011 General information about Argentina

Country name:

conventional long form: Argentine Republic

conventional short form: Argentina

local long form: Republica Argentina

local short form: Argentina

Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay

Geographic coordinates: 34 00 S, 64 00 W

Map references: South America Area: total: 2,780,400 sq km

country comparison to the world: 8

land: 2,736,690 sq km water: 43,710 sq km

Land boundaries: total: 9,861 km border countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km Coastline: 4,989 km

Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest

Terrain: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza)

Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium

Land use: arable land: 10.03% permanent crops: 0.36% other: 89.61% (2005)

Irrigated land: 15,500 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources: 814 cu km (2000)

Natural hazards: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding in some areas volcanism: Argentina experiences volcanic activity in the Andes Mountains along the Chilean border; Copahue (elev. 2,997 m, 9,833 ft) last erupted in 2000; other historically active volcanoes include Llullaillaco, Maipo, Planchon-Peteroa, San Jose, Tromen, Tupungatito, and Viedma

Government type: republic

Capital: name: Buenos Aires

geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 40 W

time difference: UTC-3 (3 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Administrative divisions: 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 (Tierra del Fuego), Tucuman

Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain)

National holiday: Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)

Constitution: 1 May 1853; amended many times starting in 1860

Legal system: mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Population: 41,343,201 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.6% (male 5,369,477/female 5,122,260) 15-64 years: 63.5% (male 12,961,725/female 13,029,265) 65 years and over: 10.8% (male 1,819,057/female 2,611,800) (2010 est.)

Median age: total: 30.3 years male: 29.2 years female: 31.3 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.036% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 119

Airports: 1,141 (2010) country comparison to the world: 6

Airports - with paved runways: total: 156 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 65 914 to 1,523 m: 51 under 914 m: 9 (2010)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 985 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 43 914 to 1,523 m: 530 under 914 m: 410 (2010)

Heliports: 2 (2010)

Pipelines: gas 28,248 km; liquid petroleum gas 41 km; oil 5,977 km; refined products 3,636 km (2009)

Railways: total: 31,409 km country comparison to the world: 8 broad gauge: 27,301 km 1.676-m gauge (94 km electrified) standard gauge: 2,780 km 1.435-m gauge (26 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,328 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Roadways: total: 231,374 km country comparison to the world: 22 paved: 69,412 km (includes 734 km of expressways) unpaved: 161,962 km (2004)

Waterways: 11,000 km (2007) country comparison to the world: 11

Merchant marine: total: 43 country comparison to the world: 74 by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 7, chemical tanker 4, container 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 23, refrigerated cargo 2 foreign-owned: 12 (Brazil 1, Chile 6, Spain 3, UK 2) registered in other countries: 17 (Liberia 3, Panama 7, Paraguay 5, Uruguay 2) (2010)

Ports and terminals: Arroyo Seco, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin

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Re: General information about Argentina

Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 25 ноя 2014, 16:08

Argentina ordered airlines to provide passenger information

Argentine authorities ordered all operating airlines in the country, including international, well in advance to provide all information available to them about the passengers in the tax and immigration authorities, should the decree published in the Official Journal of the Boletin Oficial.

Starting from next year, the airline must necessarily provide the authorities with the names of passengers, flight number and time of departure (arrival), itinerary and information about payment method, billing address, invoice number and contact numbers of passengers.

In addition, airlines must inform the authorities about the data collected bonuses in the bonus programs, data organization, to sell tickets, history of previous flights and passenger information about luggage. All these data should provide the authorities with the airline several times - 72 hours before departure, a day before departure, six hours before departure, half an hour before the end of the landing and just before takeoff.

The new rules are designed to "optimize the control and collection of taxes, simplify customs, immigration procedures", providing "more effective prevention of crimes related to drug trafficking, international terrorism, human trafficking," to official documents.

In turn, the head of the tax administration of the country Ricardo Echegaray said that "for passengers, nothing changes." "The government has clearly stated that the information required to provide operators and airlines." "Previously, this information was fragmented, it will now be concentrated in a single thread", - he said.
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Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 27 июн 2015, 02:41

Provinces of Argentina

Millions of people are grateful to the immortal work of Jules Verne, the writer and the traveler does not go beyond his office, because he gave such a romantic and adventurous story. Now thousands of fans of Captain Grant sent to distant Patagonia, to witness the mysterious and vibrant province of Argentina.
Southern Records

The country can be proud of the fact that it passes through its territory in the world's southernmost railway. They built it on a grand scale, with an eye to the future, and affluent travelers, whose services in the luxury trains are sinks made of porcelain and carved chairs.

Argentina also boasts the southernmost city of the world. This town of Ushuaia, and it is very beautiful sunsets, watch that out together, not only tourists but also the locals.
A delightful dance of life

These Argentines really exist in the rhythm of the dance. This may be glorified to dance the tango or delightful local players with the ball. Music overrides even the sounds of the city, often in the street you can hear the angels singing or see how enthusiastically strangers to each other learn to dance.
Traveling to Argentina

The tourist, who could still get to the southern hemisphere of the earth, must catch a lot. Capital One is ready to offer a variety of interesting excursion routes, amazing sketches of city life seems bright and solemnly dressed generals prancing horses.

Visit the show gauchos and further familiarity with their lives allow any guest country feel absolutely free, to see how the life in these places before the Spanish period, to see cultural monuments left by ancient civilizations.
Ancient Cordoba

The city is the second largest (after the capital of Argentina), but the number of monuments of urban culture to anyone not give primacy. Major attractions are concentrated in the historic center.

Old Market Square - the heart of the city, the main square diverge streets, many of them show great architectural ensembles built by the first settlers. Before the tourist dilemma where to go in the first place, to examine the ensemble of Jesuit buildings, exposure to many museums, or just stroll through the streets, every second plunging into history.
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