#1. Argentina’s land is made up of plains, plateaus, mountains, and glacial
lakes.
#2. The currency they use is called Argentine Peso’s.
#3. Official language is Spanish.
#4. They grow soybeans, wheat, corn, and sugarcane
#5. They make cars, clothes, oil, and metals
#6. The Argentinosaurus was the biggest ever found… until scientists
found the bones of an even bigger one nearby. This newly discovered dino
was 130 feet long, 65 feet tall, and weighed as much as eight T-Rexes!
#7. Detectives all over the world dust for prints every day. But it all
began in Buenos Aires. An Argentinian Police Inspector was the first person
to solve a crime using fingerprints.
#8. The longest highway in the world runs from Argentina up to Alaska!
#9. Mount Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Southern and Western
Hemispheres!
The Penguins Of Patagonia (which is part of Argentina)
#10. King Penguin babies look so unlike the grownups, early explorers
mistook them for a totally different species. They called the fluffy,
chubby brown chicks “wooly penguins”
#11. Gentoo penguins are the fastest penguins – swimming along at up to
22miles per hour.
#12. Magellanic penguins only have ice for one partner. Once they find
their match, they stick together for life. Every year, nearly a million of
these paired up penguins swim from the Brazilian coast to Pantagonia to
raise their young. For some, its a 3,000 mile round trip.
Buenos Aires
#13. The port city of Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, the
birthplace of tango,and one of the most multicultural metropolises in all
of South America.
#14. The Avenida 9 de Julio is the widest avenue in the world. It has over
12 lanes for traffic and stretches a whopping 460 feet wide. That’s almost
as wide as three football fields!
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