Argentina+-+Ethan+and+Carlos

__//**Argentina **//__ media type="custom" key="9573330"media type="custom" key="9573458" __//**﻿**//__

__//**Geography**//__-
The total surface area is 1,068,302.7 sq mi, 11,700 sq mi is water. Argentina is about 2,400 mi long from north to south, and 870 mi from east to west. There are four major regions: the fertile central plains of the Pampas, source of Argentina's agricultural wealth; the flat to rolling, oil-rich southern plateau of Patagonia including Tierra del Fuego; the subtropical northern flats of the Gran Chaco, and the rugged Andes mountain range along the western border with Chile. The highest point above sea level is in Mendoza province (state) at Cerro Aconcagua (22,841 ft), also the highest point in the Southern and Western Hemisphere. The lowest point is Laguna del Carbón in Santa Cruz province (state), (−344 ft) below sea level.This is also the lowest point in South America.

The major rivers are the Paraná (the largest), the Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Río Negro (which is Black River), Salado and the Uruguay. The Paraná and the Uruguay join to form the Río de la Plata estuary, before reaching the Atlantic. Regionally important rivers are the Atuel and Mendoza in the Homonymous province (state)

**//__Climate -__//** very hot. Central Argentina has hot summers with thunderstorms (western Argentina produces some of the world's largest hail), and cold winters. The southern regions have warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall, especially in mountainous zones. Higher elevations experience cooler conditions. - highest temp. is 120.4 °F was recorded on 2 January 1920. The lowest temp. recorded was −38.2 °F on 17 July 1972.


 * //__ Education- __//**

After independence Argentina built a national public education system in comparison to other nations, placing the country high in the global rankings of literacy. Argentina has a literacy rate of 97%, and three in eight adults over age 20 have completed secondary school studies or higher.

School attendance is compulsory between the ages of 5 and 17. The Argentine school system consists of an elementary or lower school level lasting six or seven years, and a secondary or high school level lasting between five to six years.

There are thirty-eight public universities across the country, the private ones are: The University of Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, and the National Technological University and they are the most important.

__//**Attractions -**//__ **Parque Nacional Iguazú -**

The admission for adults 12 and up is 40$ and children 6-12 yr is $20. It has plenty to offer, and involves a lot of walking. The spread-out complex at the entrance lockers, an ATM and a restaurant. There’s also an exhibition, Ybyrá-retá, with a display on the park. The complex ends at a station, where a train runs every half hour to the Cataratas station, where the waterfall walks begin, and to the Garganta del Diablo. You may prefer to walk: it’s only 650m along the ‘Sendero Verde’ path to the Cataratas station, and a further 2.3km to the Garganta.

**//__Mendoza -__//** A bustling city of wide, leafy avenues, plazas and cafés. Calm during the day, the city really comes into its own at night, when the bars,restaurantsand cafés along Av Arístides fill up and overflow onto the sidewalks with all the bright young things, out to see and be seen
 * GOVERNMENT- **
 * The government in Argentina is Republican and formed by 2 branches. The 2 houses is the exutive and bicarmel and these 2 houses have 72 sentate seats and the chamber of deputies has 257 seats. The federal government of Argentina is runned by the Argentina president Nestor Kirchener until the changento constitution in 1994 and it was necessary that the president be roman catholic. **


 * RELIGION- **
 * Is Roman Catholic and they Cults and groups such as Judism Islamism and many other groups. There are about 2,500 official reconized cultz and religions that co exizt in Argentina and ther main religion is Roman Catholic. **

Malvines day is when the argentina miltary took Falkland Island Revolucion De Mayo it is the anniversary of the first national in Argentina obtaining there independence upon Spain celebrate National Day with parades, music and traditional foods Dia de la Bandera is Argentinas national Flag day and July 20th.
 * CELEBRATIONS- **

**Traditions-**
ano Nuevo is the new years day celebrated with a late dinner and fireworks at midnight EL CARNAVORAL DEL PAIS-celebrated much like mardi gras and its in march and april EASTER-for them is called plas pascaus.