ARGENTINA

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The document appears to be a description of Argentina, focusing on its geographical features, history, and some basic facts. It mentions the Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, as well as various cities and landmarks such as El Chocon Dam, Puerto Madryn, and the Falkland Islands. It also highlights Argentina's role in meat production, its long history of Spanish dominion, and the waves of immigration in the 1880s. The document provides information on Argentina's size, population, capital city, language, religion, economy, and climate.

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 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?
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 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.