ARGENTINA

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CIA-RDP96-00792R000700180001-1
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RIFPUB
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U
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2
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November 4, 2016
Document Release Date: 
October 28, 1998
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1
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Approved For Release ?000/08/11 : A-WP96-Op792 000700180001-1 3 !) " Va., ~S ?0 c? C Argentina's "stone sentinel," Aconcagua- tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere- Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700180001-1 Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000700180001-1 El Chochn Dam WNa71;:.cei Hunpf i(colos de Bariloche r Puerto Madryr qu 1 4T Trelev lint Gasman, Valparaiso. Continental ice cap Mt. Muralon 11,811 LOS GLACY. 4 V rd rti ~ n Salvador JIJuy '-',,1FORMOSA NATURAL San. Matins Gulf Lowest point in south America) -131 Rawson Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) UnitedKingdom, claimed by Argentina GAS wit of Magellan Rio Grande Tierra del Fuego TIERRA DEL FUEGO hlarberton Ushuai Beagle CTwnnelaI ? c -, Claimed bY Argentina and Chile or ell Approved For Release 2000/08/1-1 !CIA-RDP96-00792R000700180001-1 e .. TARCTICa OLtH Petrolewp'`fiield 26 . NatfonaI park Pan Amgtrcan Highway System STATUTE MILES SHAPED LIKE A RIB STEAK with the Andes for a bone, Argentina has long been a world leader in meat pro- duction. Some 2,300 miles long by 900 at its widest, the nation spans most od? ~ane,ro \ with a good climate for COFCAPG, ~. food crops. Three- I F `05, ? i quarters of its people nP p-vIERI f.- s? ?~ Buenos Aires. During centuries of Spanish dominion, Argentina remained a backwater of empire, providing mules and supplies for mines of Peru and Bolivia. Freedom came in 1816. In the 1880's, waves of immigrants, mainly Italians and Spaniards, settled the fertile pampa. AREA: 1,072,000 sq. Mi. POPULA- TION: 25,000,000. CAPITAL: Buenos Aires, 8,500,000. LANGUAGE: Spanish. RELIGION: Roman Catholic. ECONOMY: Farming, ranching, manufacturing. Exports meat, hides, grain. CLIMATE: Subtropical to subantarctic.