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=Argentina=



= **//__Geography and Climate__//** = Argentina has very different climates depending on where you live in Argentina and lots of physical features as well. The Andes Mountains and Mount Aconcagua stand tall into the skies of Argentina. The Andes Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the entire world today. Mount Aconcagua is the highest mountain in all of the Americas and is actually part of a section from the Andes Mountains.

The Atlantic Ocean which borders Buenos Aires sends winds through the capital city keeping away fog and smoke. That is one of the advantages of being located next to the ocean. The ocean also helps to keep the area very cool and to help keep temperatures there very steady and temperate.

Depending on where you are located in Argentina, the climate zones are very different. If you’re located in the southern area of Argentina, it tends to be arid or semiarid. If you’re located in the middle or northwestern area of Argentina, it’s mostly either humid subtropical or if you’re in Buenos Aires, the climate zone is marine west coast. So as you can see, the weather will really be different depending on where you are in Argentina.



= **//__Economy__//** = There are many jobs that can be found in Argentina. A few examples of them are nurses, doctors, bankers, store clerks, government officials, or a retailer. There are also many goods that Argentina imports from other countries. Stuff including machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, and plastics. Argentina also exports many things to other countries. For example, they export lots of beef, hides (skins of large animals), wool, wheat, corn, flaxseed, soybean, and cottons.

Argentina also grows lots of wheat, corn, flaxseed, soybean, and cotton, and those are just some of the things that they export from Argentina to other countries. The industries in Argentina include lots of food processing, meat packing, motor vehicles, consumer goods, textiles, chemicals, printing, and metallurgy. That is the type of economy that Argentina lives with.



= __//**Religion, Holidays, and Festivals**//__ = In Argentina, there are many different religions practiced. The first and biggest percent of a religion is Nominally Roman Catholic which takes up 92% of the Argentinian religions. The 2 that are about equally as small are Protestant 2% and Jewish, also 2%. Then there’s a whole variety of other religions that take up the remaining 4%.

They also have many holidays that they celebrate in Argentina. Many of them, we celebrate as well. A couple of examples are New Year’s Day, Easter, Labor Day, Independence Day, and Christmas.

They also have many holidays that we do not celebrate. One of them being Día de las Malvinas. This day is to remember those who perished in the Malvinas war. Another holiday, is the Anniversary of the may revolution. This started within the week of May 18-25 in the year 1810. It was the week where Argentina got their own independent government. Another holiday that is celebrated in Argentina is called Día de San Martín. This holiday is celebrated because of a man named José de San Martín. He was an Argentinian general, and “A prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain (Wikipedia.)” Also, the Argentinians have something that is called “Holy Week.” This is the week leading up to Easter in which on the Sunday before Easter which is called “Palm Easter”, it is the day to bless the palm leaves. Between the Monday and Thursday before Easter, they remember the events that occurred between the times that Jesus entered Jerusalem, until his last supper. On “Good Friday”(Friday before Easter) people are supposed to eat one full meal the whole day with if needed maybe two other snacks. Those are just some of the interesting holidays and religions that they practice and celebrate in Argentina.



__//**Every Day Living**//__ There are many ways to greet different people in Argentina. If it is your first time meeting someone, you would usually shake that persons hand, and nod your head at them slightly to show respect. (Not for stranger anymore) In urban areas, you would usually give the person a brief kiss on the cheek. If you were a far distance away from someone, like we do here in America, you would just wave and smile. Buenos días (Good Morning) and Buenas tardes (Good afternoon) are commonly used when passing someone who you know briefly like on a street. If you were to be approaching a stranger to find out important information, you would greet the person first and then ask questions. You would not just start blurting out questions to the person.

People desire to be well-dressed when in public. Women consider European designs to be more fashionable then North American designs. Older women usually prefer to where skirts while younger people tend to dress more casually.

People tend to use hand gestures very often to communicate. Men take off their hats in buildings, elevators, and when in presence of women to show respect. People tend to stand very close to each other when they’re talking to the point where they’re pretty much touching each other. It is also considered impolite to yawn without covering your mouth. Pointing at something with your index finger is also considered rude. But, they do not consider it rude to comment on one’s physical characteristics. For instance, one might call someone a “gordita” which means little fat one, and it won’t be considered rude. In fact, it is very common that people would do that. So you can see that Argentina does many different things during there every day lives than we do here in America.

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