Argentina - Landscape, situation and population

Argentina is the second largest country in South America with a surface of 2.7 millions km² and a population of 36 million inhabitants. Due to its longitudinal extension of 3.700 km from north to south, Argentina is subject to a diversity of climatic zones and sceneries: in the West the Andes, the Savannah in the north central part, subtropical forest in the north-east, the Pampas in the centre of the country up to the coldest area in the south, The Patagonia.

The climate zones can be classified as follows:

• In the northeast part: tropical
• In the north: subtropical to humid
• In the northwest: arid
• In the southeast: arid
• In the south: subantarctic

Most of the population is concentrated in the central part of the country, being the most uninhabited zone the south. Approximately 90 % of the population is a descendant of European immigrants - mainly of Italian and Spanish nationality, being the indigenous groups a minority.

The official language of Argentina is Spanish.