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Capital	Buenos Aires
Government	Federal presidential republic
Currency	Argentine peso (ARS)
Area	2,766,890 km2
Population	39,921,833 (July 2006 est.)
Language	Spanish
Religion	Roman Catholic 92%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Electricity	220V/50Hz (European plug)
Calling Code	+54
Internet TLD	.ar
Time Zone	UTC -3

Argentina, , (officially Argentine Republic; Spanish "Republica Argentina") is a large, elongated country in the southern part of South America, neighbouring countries being Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay to the north, Uruguay to the north east and Chile to the west. In the east Argentina has a long South Atlantic Ocean coastline.