Argentina
Flag Description
Three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light
blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a
human face known as the Sun of May; the colors represent the clear
skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance
of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first
mass demonstration in favor of independence; the sun features are
those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun
Independence
/ Republic Days Independence from Spain : 25 May 1810 Capital Buenos Aires
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between
Chile and Uruguay
Geographic coordinates
34 00 S, 64 00 W
Map references
South America
Area
total: 2,780,400 sq km
country comparison to the world: 8
land: 2,736,690 sq km
water: 43,710 sq km
Area - comparative
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Coastline
4,989 km
Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San
Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa
Cruz)
highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern
corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America)
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