Argentina
Land of tango, glaciers and football
Passport card
Argentine Republic
Argentina
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- Continent
- South America
- Currency
- Argentine peso
- Languages
- Spanish
- People
- About 4.7 crore
- Size
- About 27.8 lakh km²
- Leader
- President Javier Milei
- Declared independence
- 9 July 1816
- Time
- 8½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 3:30 am in Buenos Aires
⭐ The rufous hornero, the national bird, builds a nest of mud shaped like an oven!
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Argentina
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Argentina
Turn the globe with your finger. Argentina has 5 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Argentina and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 1.2 times the size of Argentina.
- PeopleIndia has about 31 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 4.7 crore in Argentina.
- DistanceBuenos Aires is about 15,800 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeArgentina is 8½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 3:30 am in Buenos Aires.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Argentina, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Argentina
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Argentina's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Argentina back on the map
Argentina and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 6 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Argentina worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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