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FACTS
| Official
name: |
Argentine Republic |
Head
of State: |
President Eduardo Duhalde (PJ) (sworn
in 2 Jan 2002) |
| Head
of Government: |
President Eduardo Duhalde
|
Independence: |
9 July 1816 (from Spain) |
| National
Holiday: |
Revolution Day, 25 May (1810) |
| Government
Type: |
Republic |
| Area: |
2,766,890 square km |
| Population: |
37,384,816 (2001) |
| Capital: |
Buenos Aires |
Official
language: |
Spanish |
| Currency: |
Argentine peso (ARS) |
| Exchange
rate: |
P3.64 per US$ (Sep 2002) (peso floated
Feb 2002) |
| Industries: |
food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables,
textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy,
steel |
Balance of Trade: |
US$7.51 billion (2001); US$13.4 billion (12 months to
Jul 2002) |
| GDP per capita: |
$12,900 (2000 est.) |
| GDP
real growth: |
0.8% (2000 est.) |
| Unemployment: |
16.40% (2001); 22.0% (Feb 2002) |
| Inflation: |
-1.40% (2001); 36.5% (year-on-year,
Aug 2002) |
| Foreign
debt: |
US$155.00 billion (Dec 2001) |
Economic
Aid Recipient: |
IMF offer of $13.7 billion (January
2001) |
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