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Background: In 1816, the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata declared their independence from Spain. After Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay went their separate ways, the area that remained became Argentina. The country's population and culture were heavily shaped by immigrants from throughout Europe, with Italy and Spain providing the largest percentage of newcomers from 1860 to 1930. Up until about the mid-20th century, much of Argentina's history was dominated by periods of internal political unrest and conflict between civilian and military factions.


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Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay

Geographic coordinates: 34 00 S, 64 00 W

Map reference: South America

Area
Total: 2,780,400 km²
Land: 2,736,690 km²
Water: 43,710 km²
Comparative: slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US

Land boundaries
Total: 11,968 km
Border countries: (5) Bolivia 942 km; Brazil 1,263 km; Chile 6,691 km; Paraguay 2,531 km; Uruguay 541 km

Coastline: 4,989 km

Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest

Terrain: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border

Elevation
Highest point: Cerro Aconcagua (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America) 6,962 m
Lowest point: Laguna del Carbón (located between Puerto San Julián and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) -105 m
Mean elevation: 595 m

Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium, arable land

Land use
Agricultural land: 53.9% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land arable land: 13.9% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land permanent crops: 0.4% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land permanent pasture: 39.6% (2018 est.)
Forest: 10.7% (2018 est.)
Other: 35.4% (2018 est.)

Irrigated land: 23,600 km² (2012)

Major rivers
By length in km:

Major watersheds area km²: Atlantic Ocean drainage: Paraná (2,582,704 km²)

Total water withdrawal
Municipal: 5.85 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial: 4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural: 27.93 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)

Total renewable water resources: 876.24 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)

Natural hazards: San Miguel de Tucumán and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding in some areas

Geography
Note 1: second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); diverse geophysical landscapes range from tropical climates in the north to tundra in the far south; Cerro Aconcagua is the Western Hemisphere's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbón is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere; shares Iguazú Falls, the world's largest waterfalls system, with Brazil
Note 2: southeast Bolivia and northwest Argentina seem to be the original development site for peanuts


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Population
Distribution: one-third of the population lives in Buenos Aires; pockets of agglomeration occur throughout the northern and central parts of the country; Patagonia to the south remains sparsely populated: 46,621,847 (2023 est.)
Growth rate: 0.8% (2023 est.)
Below poverty line: 35.5% (2019 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Argentine(s)
Adjective: Argentine

Ethnic groups: European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and Mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%, Amerindian 2.4%, African descent 0.4% (2010 est.)

Languages: Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Quechua, Guarani, Mapudungun)
Major-language samples:

Religions: Roman Catholic 62.9%, Evangelical 15.3% (Pentecostal 13%, other Evangelical 2.3%), Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1.4%, other 1.2% (includes Muslim, Jewish), none 18.9% (includes agnostic and atheist), unspecified 0.3% (2019 est.)

Demographic profile: Argentina's population continues to grow but at a slower rate because of its steadily declining birth rate. Argentina's fertility decline began earlier than in the rest of Latin America, occurring most rapidly between the early 20th century and the 1950s, and then becoming more gradual. Life expectancy has been improving, most notably among the young and the poor. While the population under age 15 is shrinking, the youth cohort - ages 15-24 - is the largest in Argentina's history and will continue to bolster the working-age population. If this large working-age population is well-educated and gainfully employed, Argentina is likely to experience an economic boost and possibly higher per capita savings and investment. Although literacy and primary school enrollment are nearly universal, grade repetition is problematic and secondary school completion is low. Both of these issues vary widely by region and socioeconomic group.

Age structure
0-14 years: 23.51% (male 5,645,070/female 5,316,156)
15-64 years: 63.83% (male 14,929,084/female 14,827,733)
65 years and over: 12.66% (2023 est.) (male 2,511,984/female 3,391,820)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 54.3
Youth dependency ratio: 36
Elderly dependency ratio: 18.2
Potential support ratio: 5.5 (2021 est.)

Median age
Total: 33 years (2023 est.)
Male: 31.8 years
Female: 34.3 years

Population growth rate: 0.8% (2023 est.)

Birth rate: 15.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate: 7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution: one-third of the population lives in Buenos Aires; pockets of agglomeration occur throughout the northern and central parts of the country; Patagonia to the south remains sparsely populated

Urbanization
Urban population: 92.5% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization: 0.97% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas
Population: 15.490 million BUENOS AIRES (capital), 1.612 million Córdoba, 1.594 million Rosario, 1.226 million Mendoza, 1.027 million San Miguel de Tucumán, 914,000 La Plata (2023)

Environment
Current issues: environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation (erosion, salinization), desertification, air pollution, and water pollution
International agreements party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
International agreements signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation

Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions: 12.04 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: 201.35 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions: 120.66 megatons (2020 est.)

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio: 45 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate
Total: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
Male: 10.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 8.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 78.6 years (2023 est.)
Male: 75.5 years
Female: 81.8 years

Total fertility rate: 2.17 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 70.1% (2019/20)

Drinking water source
Improved urban: 99.8% of population
Improved rural: NA
Improved total: NA
Unimproved urban: 0.2% of population
Unimproved rural: NA
Unimproved total: (2020 est.) NA

Current health expenditure: 10% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density: 4.06 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Hospital bed density: 5 beds/1,000 population (2017)

Sanitation facility access
Improved urban:
Unimproved:

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 28.3% (2016)

Alcohol consumption
Per capita total: 7.95 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita beer: 3.62 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita wine: 2.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita spirits: 0.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Per capita other alcohols: 0.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use
Total: 24.5% (2020 est.)
Male: 29.4% (2020 est.)
Female: 19.6% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 1.7% (2018/19)

Education expenditures: 5% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 99%
Male: 98.9%
Female: 99.1% (2018)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 18 years
Male: 17 years
Female: 20 years (2020)

Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15 24 total: 29.9% (2021 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 male: 25%
Rate ages 15 24 female: 37.1%


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Country name
Conventional long form: Argentine Republic
Conventional short form: Argentina
Local long form: República Argentina
Local short form: Argentina
Etymology: originally the area was referred to as Tierra Argentina, i.e., "Land beside the Silvery River" or "silvery land," which referred to the massive estuary in the east of the country, the Río de la Plata (River of Silver); over time the name shortened to simply Argentina or "silvery"

Government type: presidential republic

Capital
Name: Buenos Aires
Geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 22 W
Time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Etymology: the name translates as "fair winds" in Spanish and derives from the original designation of the settlement that would become the present-day city, "Santa Maria del Buen Aire" (Saint Mary of the Fair Winds)

Administrative divisions: 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 autonomous city*; Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires*, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (Tierra del Fuego - Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands), Tucuman
Note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica

Dependent areas

Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain)

National holiday: Revolution Day (May Revolution Day), 25 May (1810)

Constitution
History: several previous; latest effective 11 May 1853
Amendments: a declaration of proposed amendments requires two-thirds majority vote by both houses of the National Congress followed by approval by an ad hoc, multi-member constitutional convention; amended several times, last significant amendment in 1994

Legal system: civil law system based on West European legal systems
Note: in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: yes
Citizenship by descent only: yes
Dual citizenship recognized: yes
Residency requirement for naturalization: 2 years

Suffrage: 18-70 years of age; universal and compulsory; 16-17 years of age - optional for national elections

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Javier Gerardo MILEI (since 10 December 2023); Vice President Victoria Eugenia VILLARRUEL (since 10 December 2023)
Chief of state note: the president is both chief of state and head of government
Head of government: President Javier Gerardo MILEI (since 10 December 2023); Vice President Victoria Eugenia VILLARRUEL (since 10 December 2023)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
Elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified majority vote (to win, a candidate must receive at least 45% of votes or 40% of votes and a 10-point lead over the second place candidate; if neither occurs, a second round is held ); the president serves a 4-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term); election last held on 22 October 2023, with a runoff held 19 November 2023 (next to be held in October 2,027)
Election results:

Legislative branch
Description:
Elections:
Election results: Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - UP 12, LLA 8, JxC 2, other 2; composition (as of February 2022) men 41, women 31, percent of women 43.1%

Judicial branch
Highest courts: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of the court president, vice president, 2 judges, 1 vacancy)
Judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the president and approved by the Senate; ministers can serve until mandatory retirement at age 75; extensions beyond 75 require renomination by the president and approval by the Senate
Subordinate courts: federal level appellate, district, and territorial courts; provincial level supreme, appellate, and first instance courts

Political parties and leaders:

International organization participation: AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CAN (associate), CD, CELAC, FAO, FATF, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, Mercosur, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), PCA, PROSUR, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNHRC, UNIDO, Union Latina (observer), UNOOSA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Jorge Martin Arturo ARGUELLO (since 6 February 2020)
In the us chancery: 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20,009
In the us telephone: [1] (202) 238-6,400
In the us FAX: [1] (202) 332-3,171
In the us email address and website:
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Marc Robert STANLEY (since 24 January 2022)
From the us embassy: Avenida Colombia 4,300, (C1425GMN) Buenos Aires
From the us mailing address: 3,130 Buenos Aires Place, Washington DC 20,521-3,130
From the us telephone: [54] (11) 5,777-4,533
From the us FAX: [54] (11) 5,777-4,240
From the us email address and website:

Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of sky blue (top), white, and sky blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face (delineated in brown) known as the Sun of May; the colors represent the clear skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first mass demonstration in favor of independence; the sun features are those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun

National symbols: Sun of May (a sun-with-face symbol); national colors: sky blue, white

National anthem
Name: "Himno Nacional Argentino" (Argentine National Anthem)
Lyrics/music: Vicente LOPEZ y PLANES/Jose Blas PARERA
Note: adopted 1813; Vicente LOPEZ was inspired to write the anthem after watching a play about the 1810 May Revolution against Spain

National heritage
Total World Heritage Sites: 11 (6 cultural, 5 natural)
Selected World Heritage Site locales:


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Economy overview: large diversified economy; financial risks from debt obligations, rapid inflation, and reduced investor appetites; resource-rich, export-led growth model; increasing trade relations with China; G20 and OAS leader; tendency to nationalize businesses and under-report inflation

Real gdp purchasing power parity:
Note: data are in 2017 dollars

Real gdp growth rate:

Real gdp per capita:
Note: data are in 2017 dollars

Gross national saving

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 65.9% (2017 est.)
Government consumption: 18.2% (2017 est.)
Investment in fixed capital: 14.8% (2017 est.)
Investment in inventories: 3.7% (2017 est.)
Exports of goods and services: 11.2% (2017 est.)
Imports of goods and services: -13.8% (2017 est.)

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 10.8% (2017 est.)
Industry: 28.1% (2017 est.)
Services: 61.1% (2017 est.)

Agriculture products: maize, soybeans, wheat, sugar cane, milk, barley, sunflower seed, beef, grapes, potatoes

Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel

Industrial production growth rate: 15.26% (2021 est.)
Note: based on private sector estimates

Labor force: 21.206 million (2021 est.)
Note: urban areas only

Unemployment rate:

Youth unemployment
Rate ages 15 24 total: 29.9% (2021 est.)
Rate ages 15 24 male: 25%
Rate ages 15 24 female: 37.1%

Population below poverty line: 35.5% (2019 est.)

Gini index
Coefficient distribution of family income: 42.3 (2020 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10%: 1.8%
Highest 10%: 31% (2017 est.)

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget
Revenues: $150.823 billion (2019 est.)
Expenditures: $170.725 billion (2019 est.)
Surplus  or deficit: -6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)

Taxes and other revenues: 10.87% (of GDP) (2020 est.)

Public debt:

Revenue
From forest resources: 0.09% of GDP (2018 est.)
From coal: 0% of GDP (2018 est.)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices:
Note: data are derived from private estimates

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance:

Exports:
Note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.
Partners: Brazil 16%, China 11%, United States 7%, Chile 5% (2019)
Commodities: corn, soybean products, delivery trucks, wheat, beef, gold (2021)

Imports:
Partners: Brazil 21%, China 18%, US 14%, Germany 6% (2019)
Commodities: cars, refined petroleum, vehicle parts, natural gas, soybeans (2019)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

Debt external:

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates:


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Electricity
Access electrification-total population: 100% (2021)
Installed generating capacity: 44.731 million kW (2020 est.)
Consumption: 121,563,940,000 kWh (2020 est.)
Exports: 261 million kWh (2020 est.)
Imports: 7.802 billion kWh (2020 est.)
Transmission/distribution losses: 20.74 billion kWh (2020 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels: 65.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources nuclear: 7.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources solar: 1% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources wind: 6.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 17.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)
Generation sources biomass and waste: 1.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal
Production: 829,000 metric tons (2020 est.)
Consumption: 1.55 million metric tons (2020 est.)
Exports: 4,000 metric tons (2020 est.)
Imports: 990,000 metric tons (2020 est.)
Proven reserves: 500 million metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum
Total petroleum production: 690,200 bbl/day (2021 est.)
Refined petroleum consumption: 680,000 bbl/day (2019 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate exports: 59,100 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil and lease condensate imports: 11,400 bbl/day (2018 est.)
Crude oil estimated reserves: 2,482,700,000 barrels (2021 est.)

Crude oil

Refined petroleum
Products production: 669,800 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products exports: 58,360 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products imports: 121,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas
Production: 41,194,148,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)
Consumption: 49,476,585,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)
Exports: 691.241 million cubic meters (2019 est.)
Imports: 6,865,323,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)
Proven reserves: 396.464 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions: 193.205 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke: 2.122 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids: 94.208 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)
From consumed natural gas: 96.875 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita: 79.083 million Btu/person (2019 est.)


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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 7,615,491 (2022 est.)
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2021 est.)
Mobile cellular total subscriptions: 59,065,827 (2021 est.)
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 130 (2021 est.)

Telephone system

Broadcast media: government owns a TV station and radio network; more than two dozen TV stations and hundreds of privately owned radio stations; high rate of cable TV subscription usage (2022)

Internet
Country code: .ar
Users total: 39.15 million (2021 est.)
Users percent of population: 87% (2021 est.)

Broadband fixed subscriptions
Total: 9,571,562 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2020 est.)


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Military expenditures:

Military and security forces:
Note: all federal police forces are under the Ministry of Security

Military service age and obligation: 18-24 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription suspended in 1995; citizens can still be drafted in times of crisis, national emergency, or war, or if the Defense Ministry is unable to fill all vacancies to keep the military functional (2023)
Note: as of 2022, women comprised about 20% of the active duty military

Space program
Overview: has a long history of involvement in the development of space-related capabilities, including rockets and satellites; develops, builds, and operates communications, remote sensing (RS), and scientific satellites, often in partnership with other countries; developing additional satellites with more advanced payloads; contracts with commercial and other government space agencies for launches but has a domestic rocket program and is developing space launch vehicle (SLV) capabilities; cooperates with a broad range of space agencies and industries, including those of Brazil, China, the European Space Agency and its member states (particularly France, Italy), and the US; also has a commercial space industry, which includes efforts to design, build, and launch reusable small SLVs (2023)
Overview note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in space programs

Terrorist groups: Hizballah
Note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in terrorist organizations


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National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 107
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 18,081,937 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 311.57 million (2018) mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: LV

Airports: 916 (2021)
With paved runways: 161
With paved runways civil airports: 15
With paved runways military airports: 5
With paved runways joint use (civil-military) airports: 16
With paved runways other airports: 125
With paved runways note: paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)
With unpaved runways: 977
With unpaved runways note: unpaved runways have a surface composition such as grass or packed earth and are most suited to the operation of light aircraft; unpaved runways are usually short, often less than 1,000 m (3,280 ft.) in length; airports with unpaved runways often lack facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control

Heliports: 2 (2021)

Pipelines: 29,930 km gas, 41 km liquid petroleum gas, 6,248 km oil, 3,631 km refined products (2013)

Railways
Total: 17,866 km (2018)

Roadways
Total: 281,290 km (2017)
Paved: 117,616 km (2017)
Unpaved: 163,674 km (2017)

Waterways: 11,000 km (2012)

Merchant marine
Total: 203 (2022)
By type: container ship 1, bulk carrier 1 general cargo 8, oil tanker 33, other 160

Ports and terminals
Major seaports: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia
Container ports teus: Buenos Aires (1,446,452) (2021)
Lng terminals import: Bahia Blanca
River ports: Arroyo Seco, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin (Parana)


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Disputes international:

Refugees and internally displaced persons
Refugees country of origin: 170,517 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)

Illicit drugs: counterfeiting, drug trafficking, and other smuggling offenses in the Tri-Border area; some money laundering organizations in the TBA have may have links to the terrorist organization Hizballah; a large producer of chemical precursors