Fun Facts About Argentina
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Argentina fun facts
Argentina means "land of silver." It's name comes from the mineral silver. The religion is predominately Roman Catholic and the main language is Spanish. The heartland of Argentina is a grassy area called the "pampas". This is where you would find the historical "gauchos". This cowboy way of life has survived for 300 yrs. Argentina is actually triangular in shape and lies along South America East Coast. The capital city is Buenos Aires.
Here in this piece we will try and learn more interesting and fun facts about argentina. I have to admit I don't know anything about the country, so this will be fun for me too!
Argentina is one of the largest producers of wines since the 16th century and has around 1800 wineries. Here are some facts:
- -malbec is the most planted grape
- -the irrigation system was started centuries ago by Indians
- -70% of the wineries are near Mendoza
- -fifth largest wine country
- -wine consumption has been falling
- -wine is grown at around 2,000-3,000 feet
- -the Penaflor winery is the second largest in the world
As well as being wine producers Argentians also enjoy hunting. Apparently, there are many doves in Argentina and they love to go dove hunting! Of course being an animal lover I could never see killing these beautiful little birds but apparently it is the norm in Argentina.
Here's a little known fact. Did you know that Argentina has participated in the Pan American Games 14 times! They actually won 247 gold medals! Argentina now has more medals than some other neighboring countries combined.
Argentina went through much unrest in government. They declared something called a "Dirty War", to restore order and eliminate opponents.
Here are some other fun facts:
- -the highest moutain in argentina is called "Aconcagua"
- -the argentine mainland is 311 miles from the falklands
- -the population of Buenos Aires is 14 million
- -alfalfa is widely grown
There are seven countries in the world that have a larger land mass than Argentina. Those countries are the giant Russia, Canada, U.S, China, Brazil, India and Australia.
So we have covered many fun facts in this piece, however I have found one fun fact that is a little dark and more suited for a halloween tale. There is a duck in Argentina that was named "The Argentinian Vampire Duck"!
This duck has the habit of picking off lice from other ducks and christian missionaries apparently thought that was some form of vampirism! Those crazy missionaries! It is also called "The Ghoul Bird"!
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Weird Dude :)
That's not very nice to say Jakey, I thought it was awesome! Keep spreadin' the knowlege:)
!Muy bien! !Jake: El borro sabe mas que tu!
Nice article. Lol, I love Argentina, but I think I'd rather keep away from any creature with the word vampire in it's name. :P
vampire ducks
COOL!!!!
;D
Oh man I really want to go to argentia. hopfully I'll get there soon!
thats not very nice >.< and thanks... the article helped
This has helped me a lot with my report on argentina
This is good
cool thnx :) i need it for my report on argentina
vampire ducks?? ok?...weird but still very cool! :p
vampire ducks? uhh dude...that...is...like....totally...wicked mann
I love argentina lol vampire duck!!!!!
Try some funny facts! I'm in soccer camp and who ever gets
the most hilarious fact about their country gets 500 points!
Thanks! This really helped add a little interesting detail for my report in my Spanish class! :)
This is really helping me on my social studies report! THANKS!!!!!!!
sounds fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks for helping me on my Spanish report!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks this really helped me on my spanish report. :)
this helped me on a spanish report thanks!
247 gold medals awesome!
1000 sliver medals cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks that really helped me for my argentina assignement
Keep up the good work dude
Thanks, this helped me on my hispanic heritage mini project.
keep up the good work!
Thanks for the info. Im in spanish class working on a project on Argentina and this really helped.
this site helped a lot on my spanish report. Plus i think it's really interesting specialy the vampire ducks:)
thanxxx! this has really aided in making my spanish report over Argentina more interesting. ;)
j'adore la information. Le Vampire Duck !!!!!
>_< I need to do a big report on this place and well, I have only 3 facts...
i love this website i am doin a report of argentina in florida
hhaha i live in argentina right now --buenos aires to be exact...you're info is very accurate good job :)
omg! vampire ducks are so cool, i wish i had one in my back garden! lol, x thnx u gys, u really helped me on my History project x
i eat vampire ducks
kinda boring!!!
thanks alot im doing an a assinment & this helps me alot
dude dis is boring need more exsitting facts so dont fall asleep.
this helped alot cuz i have to write a ten page essay on Argentina....
If you guys have interesting facts it would be nice
this realy helped.
Great Info. ;) Vampire Ducks Huh? shake and bake!! thats legit!!
thanks this really helped for my argentina report !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is kool
Boring but cool. You woke me up with the vampire duck.Thnx. It helped a lot for my project.
Yo soy de Argentina!!!!:)
this is a aufull site did not help 1 bit any way the population of Buenos Aires is 3 million .... not a good review is it 0/5 stars =(
Thanks this helped me so much on my spanish report
hey BAZINGA man that is greatness of cheese
Vampire Ducks???
omg.. this REALLY helped me with my report on argentina! thank you soo much!
ohh i would love to eat your vampire duck!!! ohhh baby yeahh buddi suck my duck!!!!!!!
I love Vampire Ducks!! they are very good at eating your glumple flankers but i prefer the cream narkles instead!
I love Zach so much he is soooohohohohohohoho sexy and Italian like a &&**$*%*&%#( GUIDO. i wanna ro9ll him in buttter while he is in the ^*%&*$& and just toast hisn roasted italian rollls. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i can smelll him cookin now wanna licliclicklcik ghim like a lolll
Okay. Never ever ever ever say anything good about zach again. He is a stupid loser Italian with a stupid angry italian brother.
I'm gonna throw a frickin apple at him. And push him down a hill into a lake.
But I love him so I won't.
wheres the food
Okay. Never ever ever ever say anything good about zach again. He is a stupid loser Italian with a stupid angry italian brother.
I'm gonna throw a frickin apple at him. And push him down a hill into a lake.
But I love him so I won't.
wheres the food
Really helped me with my spanish homework ***:D
BITCHES I DONT NEED YOU TO GET ALLL OVER MY MAN
HE IS MY MINE TO SUCK, AND EAT UP
I'M PRETTTTTTTTYYYYY SURE HE WANTS ME IN HIS BUTT DONT EVER SAY THINGS LIKE THAT ABOUT HIM EVER
OR I WILL COME FIND YOU.
That really helped me with my Social Studies project.Thanks
um....... its kinda helpful. but what is the population i did not ctach it????
40 million
Well im glad you ladies love me so much, but your probably ugly twilight fan-girls.
this has no facts at all.
Thanks, this helped me with a spanish report. I used the Vampire Duck fact. :D
thanks dude it helped me on my report on argentina thanks xD :) :P
this ba-lows
Wow, that really helped me with my project on argentina well a postcard it helped me ALOT!!!:)
verry interesting inded!!!!!! muhahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
actually the population is 39.9324 million people.
dont look to good so sorry argentina
These are some cool facts, i have to do this huge report on argentina, we could either choose the report, or try and dance the salsa. (or the cumbia)for spanish, i dont get the point of that class. :)
wat is the population of argentina ive heard 4 different answers
ha ha thats so stupid
thx argentina rocks man btw helped alot on my theme project
nice thanks for the info:)
the website isn´t as helpfulas i thought it would be.IT SUCKS!!!! I´M SOOO PRETTY!!!!!!!!!
this is very useful
i have a report i need to do on argentina
u probably arent on this sight anymore, the first comment someone posted was two years ago
but i thoguht just in case i would say thanks
and all of you rude people who dont appriceate this
shut up and get a life
really, this web. is dumb you nerds
Shut up and get a life you nerds.
And what are vampire ducks?
People...
hi
sorry but i need good info plzz help
yaya. thanks i really needed this :D
bet u r nerd
ey, yo soy argentina... cool page, if you need any help, or have any questions about argentina, feel free to ask... Argentina is so beautiful, and im not just saying that because im from there, you all should come down here and see it from your selfs...
I am tired of idiots l
Hey Yall hmu
:) lol
interesting for dummies
hahaha lol;)
cool
Dude that is so awsome cool and toataly just radical
cool vampire duck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COOL THXS this really helped on my report for spanish class. Ur website is really the only one that had *fun* facts
i think it was very useful but it dose not tell U a lot
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REALLY HELPED!HAD TO DO SPANISH REPORT ' '
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nice
Thanks man, that duck thingy is really cool.
this is poo
It doesn't give a crap
cool:)
hey people
cool website hey people
this website is off the chan hizay.the end
theres no need to say that pixie.you are
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this website is boring
I'm taking Spanish 2 and I had to find a weird and wonderful fact about Argentina to do a project on. I would say vampire ducks are certainly weird and wonderful. I appreciate the info(:
sorry but i haet argenina sorry
ZACK IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOL
hahaha 'Vampire duck' xD
vampire ducks sound cool
i have learnt a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
awsom
AWESOME!!!
ePiC1
falklands are ours forever biatch
Jake 3 years ago
Interesting.