Tell about Argentina ?

Soccer is a very popular sport in Argentina. Kids and adults both get into the game and love to play it during their free time. Often kids will start up a game of soccer in the streets outside their house and play all evening with their friends.

The name Argentina comes from the Latin word for sliver 'argentum'.

Pampas are large grassy areas that the Argentinean people use to herd cattle. Many pampas are owned by gauchos, or cowboys. Gauchos herd cattle and ensure that all of their cows are properly fed and kept healthy.

Argentina has a population of over 42 million people (42,610,981) as of July 2013.

Since Argentina is located in the Southern Hemisphere its climates are completely opposite than the climates in the Northern Hemisphere. When it is summer time in the United States, it is winter in Argentina.

Argentina borders the Andes mountain range to the west, the highest point is Mount Aconcagua 6,962 m (22,841 ft) located in the Mendoza province.

Part of The Andes Mountain range is located in Argentina. The Andes Mountains are great tourists attractions and provide people with abundant hiking and camping lands.

The Argentine city of Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world.

Argentina has three Nobel Prize recipients in the Sciences, Bernardo Houssay, César Milstein and Luis Leloir.

The very first animated film in the world was created by an Argentinean man. Quirino Cristiani created the film “El Apostol” in 1917. This film was 70 minutes long and had over 58,000 frames.

Argentine beef is famous around the world and Asado (an Argentine barbecue) is very popular in the country which has the highest consumption of red meat in the world.

Argentina was the first country to utilize fingerprinting in order to determine if a person was guilty of a crime. The first instance of fingerprinting occurred after a particularly gruesome murder occurred in a small Argentinean town. The murder was not witnessed by anyone; however the murderer left a bloody fingerprint at the crime scene. The police used the bloody fingerprint to correctly identify the murderer.

Argentine cartoonist Quirino Cristiani made and released the world's first two animated feature films in 1917 and 1918.

Paleontologists flock to Argentina each year to participate in archeological digs. The oldest dinosaur species ever to be identified was traced back to both Argentina and Brazil. For this reason, many paleontologists travel to Argentina to search for more clues about this rare dinosaur and others.

The most popular sport in Argentina is football (soccer), the Argentine national team has won the football World Cup twice in 1978 and 1986.

In the Latin language the world Argentina means silver. The original European settlers believed that the country was full of silver, and established towns in the country in order to search for the precious metal. Unfortunately, no silver was ever found.

The national sport of Argentina is Pato a game played on horseback. It takes aspects from polo and basketball. The word Pato is Spanish for 'duck' as early games used a live duck inside a basket instead of a ball.

Argentina is the Latin American country that has the most Nobel Prize winners. Five people from Argentina have won Nobel Prizes in the categories of science and peace.

More Argentinean people utilize public transportation than driving their own cars.

El Dia de Tradicion is a festival that is celebrated around November 10th in Argentina each year. This festival celebrates the birth of Jose Hernandez, an Argentinean poet who is considered to be one of the greatest literary figures of the country. The festival is a weeklong and contains concerts, food, parades and partie

The currency of Argentina is the Argentine peso. This was introduced to the country in 1992. Prior to this, the county had the Peso Ley, Escudos, Soles, and Reales.

The primary language of Argentina is Spanish. This language has been heavily influenced by immigrants, including Italian French settlers. English is quickly growing to become the second language, particularly in the metro areas of the country.

Over 10% of the world's flora is found in Argentina. Parana Pine and Evergreen Beeches are very common to the area.

The country has 14 sites classified as Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance. According to 2003 data, about 6.6% of the country's land is protected.

The port of Buenos Aires is where approximately 80% of the country's imports and exports arrive and depart.