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BOLIVIA
16  INTRODUCING ARGENTINA Tarija
Tartagal PARAGUAY Dourados
Putting Argentina on the Map Antofagasta Concepción
San Salvador
Argentina occupies most of the triangular southern tip de Jujuy Río del Valle Guaíra
of South America and shares its borders with Uruguay, Salta Río Riacho Pilagá Asunción Cascavel
Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Chile. Covering an area of Río Guaycurú Río Bermejo
1.08 million sq miles (2.8 million sq km), it is the eighth- CHILE San Miguel Formosa Puerto
Iguazú
largest country in the world. It is more than 3,100 miles de Tucumán
(5,000 km) long following the western frontier down Copiapó Resistencia Lages
the Andes range, while some 1,900 miles (3,000 km) of San Fernando del Santiago Corrientes Posadas
Atlantic coastline stretch between Buenos Aires and Valle de Catamarca del Estero BRAZIL
Tierra del Fuego, an island separated from the continent La Rioja Río Uruguay
by the Magellan Strait and shared with Chile. Argentina Río Paraná Alegrete Porto
has a population of 40 million and adminis tratively, Coquimbo Alegre
it is divided into 23 provinces and a federal district Río Bermejo Federal Santa Maria
in which stands the bustling capital. San Juan Córdoba Santa Fe Concordia
Paraná Tacuarembo Pelotas
Melo
Mendoza Río Rosario
San Luis Cuarto URUGUAY
Santiago
Villa
San Carlos Mercedes
See inset map below
San Rafael
Key BUENOS AIRES
Expressway ARGENTI NA
Highway Santa
Railroad Concepción Limay Rosa Atlantic
International border Mahuida Olavarría Tandil
Ocean
Mar del
Plata
Neuquén Río Colorado Bahía
Blanca
0 kilometers 300 Valdivia
San MartÍn de Río Negro
0 miles 300 los Andes
Viedma
Bariloche
Puerto Montt
Península
Puerto Valdés
Madryn
Chaitén Río Chubut
Trelew
Lago Colhué
Huapí
Puerto Chacabuco Comodoro
Rivadavia
Cochrane Río Deseado
Tres Cerros
Caleta
Tortel
P acif ic Río Chico Puerto
San Julián
Ocean Río Santa Cruz
El Calafate Bahía Falkland Islands
Grande (Islas Malvinas)
Río
Gallegos
Mar
Punta Argentino
Arenas
Ushuaia
For additional map symbols see back flap

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