Argentina Tyrone Moore 5th Hour World History • Another name for Argentina is the Argentine Republic. • It’s a federal republic that is located in the Southeastern south America. • It shares the Southern Cone with its smaller neighborhood Chile and bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north. • The mainland area of Argentina is 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq. mi) • Argentina is to be the eight largest country in the world. • And the second largest country in Latin America • And the largest Spanish speaking country in the world. • Argentina is said to have sovereignty over part of Antarctica. • Also the Falkland islands ( Spanish: Islas Malvinas) • Also South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. • Argentina rose as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Planta • Which is a overseas colony founded in the year of 1776. • Argentina gets its historic status as a middle power • Which means it is a sovereign state that is not a super power or a great power • But it still has large or moderate influence and international recognition. • Argentina has the third largest economy in Latin America and it is a member of the G-15 and G-20 major economies. • Its also a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, WTO, Mercosur, UNASUR, CELAC, and OEI. • Argentina was also classified as a middle emerging economy with a very high rating on the Human Development Index. History • Argentina has the earliest traces of human life that was dated from the Paleolithic Period with the further traces in the Mesolithic and Neolithic. • It was also relatively sparsley populated by a wide number of diverse cultures with different social organizations that can be divided into three main groups. Colonial Era • The Europeans first arrived in the region with the 1502 voyage of a man named Amerigo Vespucci. • Further colonization efforts had come from Paraguay. • Paraguay is another country, its very small and located in central South America Independence and civil wars • The 1810 May Revolution replaced the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros with the First Junta. • In 1816 the Congress of Tucuman formalized the declaration of Independence. • The 1820 Battle of Cepeda, fought between the Centralists and the Federalists, resulted in the end of the Supreme Director rule. Iguazu Falls • Also known as Iguassu Falls of the Iguazu River that is located on the border of the Argentina province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Parana. The falls divides the river in the upper and also the lower Iguazu. It is one of the Tourist attractions in Argentina. Los Glaciares National Park • This is a national park and it is a federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. This park just about covers an area of 726,927 ha, that makes it the second biggest national park in the whole country which is a tourist attraction. La Boca, Buenos Aries • This is a neighborhood or barrio of the Argentina capital, Buenos Aries. It retains a strong European flavour with a lot of its early settlers being from the Italian city of Genoa. This neighborhood is also a tourist attractions. • MALBA • The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aries is a museum located on a street that is called Figueroa Alcorta Ave. Buenos aires, Argentina. It was created by a man named Eduardo Constantini. It was inaugurated on September 21st in the year of 2001. This institution was organized around the Costantini Collection and it still continue to grow from modern artist from across Latin America. It is also sustained by over 1,400 active patrons. This is one good tourist attraction. Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral • This is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located in the city center that is overlooking the Plaza de Mayo that is on the corner of San Martin and Rivadavia streets in the San Nicolas neighborhood. The Cathedral of Buenos Aires was rebuilt a lot since its humble origins in the 16th century. The building is now a mix of architectural styles with an 18th century nave and dome and also a sever 19th century Neoclassical façade without towers. This is a good tourist attraction.
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