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Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic is a South American country, constituted as a federation of twenty-three provinces and an autonomous city. It is second in size on the continent to Brazil and eighth in the world. Argentina occupies a continental surface area of 2,766,890 km^2 (1,068,302 sq mi) between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and Uruguay in the north-east, and Chile in the west and south. The country claims the British controlled territories of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Argentina also claims 969,464 km^2 (374,312 sq mi) of Antarctica, known as Argentine Antarctica, overlapping other claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom. Argentina has the highest Human Development Index level and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America. The country is currently classified as an Upper-Middle Income Country by the World Bank, or as a secondary emerging market. Argentina's nominal GDP is the 31st largest economy in the world. This book concentrates on the latest economic, political and social issues of Argentina.Product Identifiers
PublisherNOVA Science Publishers INC International Concepts
ISBN-139781604564693
eBay Product ID (ePID)90473661
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Publication NameArgentina: Economic, Political & Social Issues
SubjectGovernment, Sociology
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorJeanne B Haverland
Number of Pages155 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height180 mm
Item Weight518 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJeanne B Haverland