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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is the second largest country in South America. The name is derived from the Latin argentum (silver), which comes from the Ancient Greek ἀργήντος (argēntos), gen. of ἀργήεις (argēeis), "white, shining". Αργεντινός (argentinos) was an ancient Greek adjective meaning "silvery".
The generally temperate climate ranges from subtropical in the north to subpolar in the far south.
In 2001 census, Argentina had a population of 36,260,130 inhabitants, and the official population estimate for 2009 is of 40,134,425. Argentina ranks third in South America in total population and 33rd globall.
The official language of Argentina is Spanish, usually called castellano (Castilian) by Argentines
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is capital city of Argentina, is located in the southern hemisphere. The city extends on a plain and has 202 square kilometers (78.3 sq miles). Approximately 3 million people live in this city buy including the metropolitan area, the total population of Buenos Aires is above ten millions, making it one of the 10 most populated urban centers in the world.
The climate of Buenos Aires is mild all year round. The medium annual temperature is 18º C.
Buenos Aires has always been an open-door city. Its inhabitants are called “porteños”, which makes reference to the fact that the city is a port. The inhabitant of the province of Buenos Aires is called “bonaerense”.
Porteños are warm and friendly: they usually invite tourists for lunch or dinner at their homes and prepare typical food.
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Cordoba
Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon and the administrative center of the Central Southern Province. Yaoundé is one of the most quiet and tranquil capitals on the African continent. The city is almost entirely located along the main street, Kennedy Avenue, and the neighboring hills. Today numbering about one and a half million inhabitants is the chief city of the region. The Center, South, and East provinces are characterized by dense tropical rain forest.
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Mendoza
Mendoza city is situated in the northern-central part of the province. Mendoza used to be a desert, but now it’s a beautiful place full of trees and plants. Mendoza is well known because of it’s huge mountains and especially for Aconcagua´s Mountain (highest one in America). In 2001, Mendoza's population was 110,993. The metropolitan population was 848,660 in 2001, making Greater Mendoza the fourth largest census metropolitan area in the country.
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Rosario
Rosario city is located on the shore of Paraná River, in the south zone of the Santa Fe province, Argentina Republic. It is placed in a geostrategic position in relation to the Mercosur, in the south of the American continent.
In 2009, it is estimated that this city reached 1.023.158 inhabitants. It is the center of the Metropolitan Area of the “Gran Rosario”, and it is located 300 km. from Buenos Aires City.
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Salta
The Province of Salta is situated in the Northwest region of Argentina. It borders three countries: Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay, and six Argentinean provinces: Jujuy, Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca.
Salta stands out for its geographic and climatic heterogeneity, from the coldness desert of the Andes and the Puna to the subtropical heat of the jungle, with cool fertile valleys, mountains and rivers in between.
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