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List All Cities in Argentina Listing cities Argentina database :
Buenos Aires
Córdoba
Rosario
Mendoza
La Plata
San Miguel de Tucumán
Mar del Plata
Salta
Santa Fe
San Juan
Resistencia
Neuquén
Santiago del Estero
Corrientes
Avellaneda
Bahía Blanca
Quilmes
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Background
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In 1816, the United Provinces of the Rio Plata declared their independence from Spain. After Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay went their separate ways, the area that remained became Argentina. The country's population and culture were heavily shaped by immigrants from throughout Europe, but most particularly Italy and Spain, which provided the largest percentage of newcomers from 1860 to 1930. Up until about the mid-20th century, much of Argentina's history was dominated by periods of internal political conflict between Federalists and Unitarians and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, an era of Peronist populism and direct and indirect military interference in subsequent governments was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983 after a failed bid to seize the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands by force, and has persisted despite numerous challenges, the most formidable of which was a severe economic crisis in 2001-02 that led to violent public protests and the successive resignations of several presidents.
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Population
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41,343,201 (July 2010 est.)
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Government type
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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
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Administrative divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)
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International organization participation
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three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known as the Sun of May; the colors represent the clear skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first mass demonstration in favor of independence; the sun features are those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun
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Economy - overview
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Market value of publicly traded shares
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food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
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Agriculture - products
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-1.2% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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109.5 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial production growth rate
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99.21 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity - production
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2.628 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Oil - production
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314,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Internet country code
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11.212 million (2008)
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