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Capital: Buenos Aires
Area: 2,780,092 sq km / 1,073,116 sq ml
Language: Spanish
Currency: Peso
Population: 38,740,807
Life expectancy: 68 (men), 75 (women)
Literacy rate: 96%
Religions: 95% Roman Catholic
Physical features: Andes mountains running north/south in the west, include the highest peak in the western hemisphere Mt Aconcagua; forest and savanna in north, pampas in east, Patagonian plateau in the south
Ethnic distribution: 85% European decent, mainly Spanish, 15% Mestizo (mixed race)
Exports: Meat products, cereals, soya beans, vegetable oils, petroleum products
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