ARGENTINA ARGENTINA REGION SOUTH AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 9 1816 FROM SPAIN DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 1 1853 POPULATION 36737664 1999 EST AREA 1073518 SQ MI CAPITAL BUENOS AIRES FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES ZINC TIN LEAD IRON ORE COPPER MANGANESE URANIUM OIL MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD PROCESSING MOTOR VEHICLES METAL PRODUCTION TEXTILES CHEMICALS PRINTING STEEL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE GRAINS LIVESTOCK OILSEED SOYBEANS CURRENCY PESO GDP 374 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 10300 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL ENGLISH ITALIAN GERMAN FRENCH RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS JUDAISM LITERACY RATE 96 LIFE EXPECTANCY 71 YEARS MALE 79 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 20 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
