Argentine
Argentina, officially the
Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina, IPA: [re'pußlika
a?xen'tina], Nación Argentina (Argentine Nation) for many
legal purposes), is a South American country, second in size in
the continent to Brazil and eighth in the world. Argentina occupies
a continental surface area of 2,766,890 km² (1,078,000 sq mi)
between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic
Ocean in the east and south.
It is bordered by Paraguay and Bolivia in the north, Brazil and
Uruguay in the northeast, and Chile in the west and south. The country
claims the British controlled territories of the Falkland Islands
(Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands. Under the name of Argentine Antarctica, it claims 969,464
km² (374,312 sq mi) of Antarctica, overlapping other claims
made by Chile and the United Kingdom.
Music Of Argentina
Internationally, Argentina
is known mostly for the tango, which developed in Buenos Aires and
surrounding areas, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay. Folk, pop and
classical music are also popular, and Argentine artists like Mercedes
Sosa and Atahualpa Yupanqui contributed greatly to the development
of nueva canción. Argentine rock has also led to a defiant
rock scene in Argentina.
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually
on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number of additional
guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare.
Some hotels have conference services and meeting rooms and encourage
groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location.
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