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National name: República Argentina

Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French

Ethnicity/race: white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry), Amerindian, or other non-white groups 3%

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%

National Holiday: Revolution Day, May 25

Literacy rate: 97.9% (2011 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $771 billion; per capita $18,600. Real growth rate: 3.5%. Inflation: 20.8% official rate; actual rate may be double the official rate. Unemployment: 7.5%. Arable land: 13.68%. Agriculture: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock. Labor force: 173.2 million: note: urban areas only (2011 est.); agriculture: 5%, industry: 23%, services: 72% (2009 est.). Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel. Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium. Exports: $85.08 billion (2013 est.): edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles. Imports: $71.3 billion (2013 est.): machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics. Major trading partners: Brazil, Chile, U.S., China, U.S., Germany (2012).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use 10 million (2012); mobile cellular: 58.6 million (2012). Broadcast media: government owns a TV station and a radio network; more than 2 dozen TV stations and hundreds of privately owned radio stations; high rate of cable TV subscription usage (2007). Internet hosts: 11.232 million (2012). Internet users: 13.694 million (2009).

Transportation: Railways: total: 36,966 km (2011). Highways: total: 231,374 (2004). Waterways: 11,000 km (2012). Ports and harbors: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia. Airports: 1,138 (2013).

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