Location: South America, borders with Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km Capital: Buenos Aires 
Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest 
Population: 39,144,753 
Ethnic Make-up: white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%, mestizo, Amerindian, or other non white groups 3% 
Government: Republic