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Argentina
- Capital city: Buenos Aires
- Population: 42,192,494 (2011)
- Size of country: 2,780,400 sq km
- Currency: Argentine peso
- Power supply: 220-240 Volts
- Sockets: Two flat-pin or three flat-pin plugs
- Language: Spanish
- Time difference: GMT -3 hours
- Visas: British nationals may visit Argentina as a tourist with a valid passport without a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.
- Religion: Nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%.
- Popular dishes: Asado (barbequed beef or lamb).
- Popular drinks: Maté, a strong bitter tea, often drunk from a bombilla, a cup made of a hollowed gourd with a silver straw.
- Did you know: In the years before they were killed in Bolivia, in 1907, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid lived (and robbed the odd bank) in Argentinian Patagonia.
- FCO advice: FCO travel advice
- World Travel Guide: World Travel Guide Argentina