ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA'S FLAG

• The blue means sky
• The white means clouds
• The sun means sun though cloudy skies

MAP OF ARGENTINA

THE CAPITOL AND MAIN CITIES

• Buenos Aires (capitol)
• Córdoba
• Rosario
• Mendoza

POPULATION AND MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS

• Population- 41.45million
• Major groups- European extraction, Amerindian
• Amerindian population has been increasing slightly

Geography
Argentina's climate is hot and humid in the summer, but in the winter it is cold and dry. Argentina's landforms are grasslands and is almost treeless. It is also swampy.

RELIGIONS IN ARGENTINA

Holidays and Festivals
Most holy days are holidays. They celebrate the May revolution and El Carnaval de Pais. La Fiesta de la Vendimia is celebrated with blessing grapes in their vines.

Sports
The most popular sports are soccer and boxing. Their team does boxing in the Olympics. Their most famous athlete for soccer is Lionel Messi.

Foods
Dulce de leche is a typical food there, it is eaten over toast and tastes like ice cream. The food I think would be gross is morcilla, which is blood sausage.

Clothing
Traditional clothing for women includes a two-piece dress with full skirts used for dancing. Some different pieces of clothing men are bombachas, which are trousers, and a poncho, which is a cloak with a slit in the center for the head.

PLACES TO VISIT

• Ibera Wetlands (2nd largest in the world)
• La Boca (popular for colorful houses)
• Iguazu falls (275 falls makes it up)