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World Gazetteer Results for Catamarca:
NameCatamarca
Geographical TypeProvincia
Population363915
CountryArgentina
Dictionary Results for Argentina:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Argentina
    n 1: a republic in southern South America; second largest
         country in South America [syn: Argentina, Argentine
         Republic]
    2: type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines [syn: Argentina,
       genus Argentina]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Argentina \Argentina\ n.
   1. 1 a country in South America, bordering Chile and Bolivia.

   Syn: the Argentine
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. 1 type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines.

   Syn: genus Argentina
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. CIA World Factbook 2002
Argentina

   Introduction Argentina
   ----------------------
                            Background: Following independence from Spain in
                                        1816, Argentina experienced periods
                                        of internal political conflict
                                        between conservatives and liberals
                                        and between civilian and military
                                        factions. After World War II, a long
                                        period of Peronist authoritarian
                                        rule and interference in subsequent
                                        governments was followed by a
                                        military junta that took power in
                                        1976. Democracy returned in 1983,
                                        and numerous elections since then
                                        have underscored Argentina's
                                        progress in democratic
                                        consolidation.
  
   Geography Argentina
   -------------------
                              Location: Southern South America, bordering
                                        the South Atlantic Ocean, between
                                        Chile and Uruguay
                Geographic coordinates: 34 00 S, 64 00 W
                        Map references: South America
                                  Area: total: 2,766,890 sq km
                                        land: 2,736,690 sq km
                                        water: 30,200 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly less than three-tenths the
                                        size of the US
                       Land boundaries: total: 9,665 km
                                        border countries: Bolivia 832 km,
                                        Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km,
                                        Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km
                             Coastline: 4,989 km
                       Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 NM
                                        territorial sea: 12 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 extremes: lowest point: Salinas Chicas -40 m
                                        (located on Peninsula Valdes)
                                        highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960
                                        m
                     Natural resources: fertile plains of the Pampas, lead,
                                        zinc, tin, copper, iron ore,
                                        manganese, petroleum, uranium
                              Land use: arable land: 9.14%
                                        permanent crops: 0.8%
                                        other: 90.06% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 15,610 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza
                                        areas in the Andes subject to
                                        earthquakes; pamperos are violent
                                        windstorms that can strike the
                                        Pampas and northeast; heavy flooding
          Environment - current issues: environmental problems (urban and
                                        rural) typical of an industrializing
                                        economy such as deforestation, soil
                                        degradation, desertification, air
                                        pollution, and water pollution
                                        note: Argentina is a world leader in
                                        setting voluntary greenhouse gas
                                        targets
            Environment - international party to: Antarctic-Environmental
                            agreements: Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living
                                        Resources, Antarctic Seals,
                                        Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
                                        Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol, Desertification,
                                        Endangered Species, Environmental
                                        Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law
                                        of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear
                                        Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
                                        Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: Marine
                                        Life Conservation
                      Geography - note: 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); Cerro Aconcagua is South
                                        America's tallest mountain, while
                                        the Valdes Peninsula is the lowest
                                        point on the continent
  
   People Argentina
   ----------------
                            Population: 37,812,817 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 26.3% (male 5,090,046;
                                        female 4,854,761)
                                        15-64 years: 63.2% (male 11,968,135;
                                        female 11,937,709)
                                        65 years and over: 10.5% (male
                                        1,636,332; female 2,325,834) (2002
                                        est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.13% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 18.23 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 7.57 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.98 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 17.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.48 years
                                        female: 79.03 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 72.1 years
                  Total fertility rate: 2.41 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.69% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 130,000 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,800 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Argentine(s)
                                        adjective: Argentine
                         Ethnic groups: white (mostly Spanish and Italian)
                                        97%, mestizo, Amerindian, or other
                                        nonwhite groups 3%
                             Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less
                                        than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%,
                                        Jewish 2%, other 4%
                             Languages: Spanish (official), English,
                                        Italian, German, French
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 96.2%
                                        male: 96.2%
                                        female: 96.2% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Argentina
   --------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Argentine
                                        Republic
                                        conventional short form: Argentina
                                        local short form: Argentina
                                        local long form: Republica Argentina
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Buenos Aires
              Administrative divisions: 23 provinces (provincias, singular -
                                        provincia), and 1 autonomous city*
                                        (distrito federal); Buenos Aires,
                                        Buenos Aires Capital Federal*,
                                        Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, 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, Tucuman
                                        note: the US does not recognize any
                                        claims to Antarctica
                          Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain)
                      National holiday: Revolution Day, 25 May (1810)
                          Constitution: 1 May 1853; revised August 1994
                          Legal system: mixture of US and West European
                                        legal systems; has not accepted
                                        compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and
                                        mandatory
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Eduardo
                                        Alberto DUHALDE (since 2 January
                                        2002); note - selected by National
                                        Congress in aftermath of resignation
                                        of former President DE LA RUA on 20
                                        December 2001 and resignations of
                                        others who briefly held the office
                                        following DE LA RUA's departure;
                                        Vice President Carlos "Chacho"
                                        ALVAREZ resigned 6 October 2000 and
                                        the post remains vacant; note - the
                                        president is both the chief of state
                                        and head of government
                                        head of government: President
                                        Eduardo Alberto DUHALDE (since 2
                                        January 2002); note - selected by
                                        National Congress in aftermath of
                                        resignation of former President DE
                                        LA RUA on 20 December 2001 and
                                        resignations of others who briefly
                                        held the office following DE LA
                                        RUA's departure; Vice President
                                        Carlos "Chacho" ALVAREZ resigned 6
                                        October 2000 and the post remains
                                        vacant; note - the president is both
                                        the chief of state and head of
                                        government
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        president
                                        election results: Fernando DE LA RUA
                                        elected president; percent of vote -
                                        48.5% ; Vice President Carlos
                                        "Chacho" ALVAREZ resigned 6 October
                                        2000 and a replacement was not
                                        named; DE LA RUA resigned 20
                                        December 2001; following a series of
                                        interim presidents, Eduardo Alberto
                                        DUHALDE was selected president by
                                        the National Congress on 1 January
                                        2002
                                        elections: president and vice
                                        president elected on the same ticket
                                        by popular vote for four-year terms;
                                        election last held 24 October 1999
                                        (next to be held NA October 2003)
                    Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress or
                                        Congreso Nacional consists of the
                                        Senate (72 seats; formerly, three
                                        members appointed by each of the
                                        provincial legislatures; presently
                                        transitioning to one-third of the
                                        members being elected every two
                                        years to six-year terms) and the
                                        Chamber of Deputies (257 seats; one-
                                        half of the members elected every
                                        two years to four-year terms)
                                        election results: Senate - percent
                                        of vote by bloc or party - NA%;
                                        seats by bloc or party -
                                        Justicialist (Peronist) 40, UCR 24,
                                        provincial parties 6, Frepaso 1, ARI
                                        1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of
                                        vote by bloc or party - NA%; seats
                                        by bloc or party - Justicialist
                                        (Peronist) 113, UCR 74, provincial
                                        parties 27, Frepaso 17, ARI 17, AR 9
  
                                        elections: Senate - last held 14
                                        October 2001 (next to be held NA
                                        October 2003); Chamber of Deputies -
                                        last held 14 October 2001 (next to
                                        be held NA October 2003)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (the
                                        nine Supreme Court judges are
                                        appointed by the president with
                                        approval by the Senate)
         Political parties and leaders: Action for the Republic or AR
                                        [Domingo CAVALLO]; Alternative for a
                                        Republic of Equals or ARI [Elisa
                                        CARRIO]; Front for a Country in
                                        Solidarity or Frepaso (a four-party
                                        coalition) [Dario Pedro ALESSANDRO];
                                        Justicialist Party or PJ [Carlos
                                        Saul MENEM] (Peronist umbrella
                                        political organization); Radical
                                        Civic Union or UCR [Angel ROZAS];
                                        several provincial parties
          Political pressure groups and Argentine Association of
                               leaders: Pharmaceutical Labs (CILFA);
                                        Argentine Industrial Union
                                        (manufacturers' association);
                                        Argentine Rural Society (large
                                        landowners' association); business
                                        organizations; General Confederation
                                        of Labor or CGT (Peronist-leaning
                                        umbrella labor organization);
                                        Peronist-dominated labor movement;
                                        Roman Catholic Church; students
             International organization AfDB, Australia Group, BCIE, BIS,
                         participation: CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-6, G-15, G-19, G-
                                        24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC,
                                        IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
                                        IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA,
                                        Mercosur, MINURSO, MIPONUH, MTCR,
                                        NSG, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN,
                                        UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR,
                                        UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK,
                                        UNMOP, UNMOVIC, UNTSO, UNU, UPU,
                                        WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO,
                                        WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Diego
                                        Ramiro GUELAR
                                        chancery: 1600 New Hampshire Avenue
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20009
                                        consulate(s) general: Atlanta,
                                        Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles,
                                        Miami, New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 332-3171
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 238-6400
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador James
                                    US: D. WALSH
                                        embassy: Avenida Colombia 4300,
                                        C1425GMN Buenos Aires
                                        mailing address: international mail:
                                        use street address; APO address:
                                        Unit 4334, APO AA 34034
                                        telephone: [54] (11) 5777-4533
                                        FAX: [54] (11) 5511-4240
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of
                                        light blue (top), white, and light
                                        blue; centered in the white band is
                                        a radiant yellow sun with a human
                                        face known as the Sun of May
  
   Economy Argentina
   -----------------
                    Economy - overview: Argentina benefits from rich natural
                                        resources, a highly literate
                                        population, an export-oriented
                                        agricultural sector, and a
                                        diversified industrial base.
                                        However, when President Carlos MENEM
                                        took office in 1989, the country had
                                        piled up huge external debts,
                                        inflation had reached 200% per
                                        month, and output was plummeting. To
                                        combat the economic crisis, the
                                        government embarked on a path of
                                        trade liberalization, deregulation,
                                        and privatization. In 1991, it
                                        implemented radical monetary reforms
                                        which pegged the peso to the US
                                        dollar and limited the growth in the
                                        monetary base by law to the growth
                                        in reserves. Inflation fell sharply
                                        in subsequent years. In 1995, the
                                        Mexican peso crisis produced capital
                                        flight, the loss of banking system
                                        deposits, and a severe, but short-
                                        lived, recession; a series of
                                        reforms to bolster the domestic
                                        banking system followed. Real GDP
                                        growth recovered strongly, reaching
                                        8% in 1997. In 1998, international
                                        financial turmoil caused by Russia's
                                        problems and increasing investor
                                        anxiety over Brazil produced the
                                        highest domestic interest rates in
                                        more than three years, halving the
                                        growth rate of the economy.
                                        Conditions worsened in 1999 with GDP
                                        falling by 3%. President Fernando DE
                                        LA RUA, who took office in December
                                        1999, sponsored tax increases and
                                        spending cuts to reduce the deficit,
                                        which had ballooned to 2.5% of GDP
                                        in 1999. Growth in 2000 was a
                                        negative 0.5%, as both domestic and
                                        foreign investors remained skeptical
                                        of the government's ability to pay
                                        debts and maintain the peso's fixed
                                        exchange rate with the US dollar.
                                        The economic situation worsened
                                        still further in 2001 with the
                                        widening of spreads on Argentine
                                        bonds, massive withdrawals from the
                                        banks, and a further decline in
                                        consumer and investor confidence.
                                        Government efforts to achieve a
                                        "zero deficit", to stabilize the
                                        banking system, and to restore
                                        economic growth proved inadequate in
                                        the face of the mounting economic
                                        problems. At the start of 2002,
                                        newly elected president Eduardo
                                        DUHALDE met with IMF officials to
                                        secure an additional $20 billion
                                        loan, but immediate action seemed
                                        unlikely. The peso's peg to the
                                        dollar was abandoned in January
                                        2002, and the peso was floated from
                                        the dollar in February; inflation
                                        picked up rapidly.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $453
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: -4.6% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $12,000
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 6%
                                        industry: 28%
                                        services: 66% (2001 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 37% (2001 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 15 million (1999)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture NA%, industry NA%,
                                        services NA%
                     Unemployment rate: 25% (yearend 2001)
                                Budget: revenues: $44 billion
                                        expenditures: $48 billion, including
                                        capital expenditures of $NA (2000
                                        est.)
                            Industries: food processing, motor vehicles,
                                        consumer durables, textiles,
                                        chemicals and petrochemicals,
                                        printing, metallurgy, steel
     Industrial production growth rate: 1% (2000 est.)
              Electricity - production: 82.802 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 51.81%
                                        hydro: 40.67%
                                        other: 0.29% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 7.23%
             Electricity - consumption: 80.806 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 3.7 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 7.5 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans,
                                        grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea,
                                        wheat; livestock
                               Exports: $26.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: edible oils, fuels and energy,
                                        cereals, feed, motor vehicles
                    Exports - partners: Brazil 26.5%, US 11.8%, Chile 10.6%,
                                        Spain 3.5% (2000)
                               Imports: $23.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, motor
                                        vehicles, chemicals, metal
                                        manufactures, plastics
                    Imports - partners: Brazil 25.1%, US 18.7%, Germany 5%,
                                        China 4.6% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $155 billion (2001 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $10 billion (2001 est.)
                              Currency: Argentine peso (ARS)
                         Currency code: ARS
                        Exchange rates: Argentine pesos per US dollar -
                                        1.33325 (January 2002), 1.000 (1997-
                                        2001); note - fixed rate pegged to
                                        the US dollar was abandoned in
                                        January 2002; peso now floats
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Argentina
   ------------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 7.5 million (1998)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 3 million (December 1999)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: by opening the
                                        telecommunications market to
                                        competition and foreign investment
                                        with the "Telecommunications
                                        Liberalization Plan of 1998",
                                        Argentina encouraged the growth of
                                        modern telecommunication technology;
                                        fiber-optic cable trunk lines are
                                        being installed between all major
                                        cities; the major networks are
                                        entirely digital and the
                                        availability of telephone service is
                                        being improved; however, telephone
                                        density is presently minimal, and
                                        making telephone service universally
                                        available will take some time
                                        domestic: microwave radio relay,
                                        fiber-optic cable, and a domestic
                                        satellite system with 40 earth
                                        stations serve the trunk network;
                                        more than 110,000 pay telephones are
                                        installed and mobile telephone use
                                        is rapidly expanding
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 8 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                        Ocean); Atlantis II and Unisur
                                        submarine cables; two international
                                        gateways near Buenos Aires (1999)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 260 (including 10 inactive
                                        stations), FM NA (probably more than
                                        1,000, mostly unlicensed), shortwave
                                        6 (1998)
                                Radios: 24.3 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 42 (plus 444 repeaters) (1997)
                           Televisions: 7.95 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .ar
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 33 (2000)
                        Internet users: 3.88 million (2001)
  
   Transportation Argentina
   ------------------------
                              Railways: total: 33,744 km (167 km
                                        electrified)
                                        broad gauge: 20,594 km 1.676-m gauge
                                        (141 km electrified)
                                        standard gauge: 2,739 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge (26 km electrified)
                                        narrow gauge: 10,154 km 1.000-
                                        m gauge; 257 km 0.750-m gauge (2000
                                        est.)
                              Highways: total: 215,434 km
                                        paved: 63,553 km (including 734 km
                                        of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 151,881 km (1998 est.)
                             Waterways: 10,950 km
                             Pipelines: crude oil 4,090 km; petroleum
                                        products 2,900 km; natural gas 9,918
                                        km
                     Ports and harbors: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro
                                        Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay,
                                        La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea,
                                        Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe,
                                        Ushuaia
                       Merchant marine: total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 147,505 GRT/222,500 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 9, petroleum
                                        tanker 10, railcar carrier 1,
                                        refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll
                                        off 1, short-sea passenger 1,
                                        includes some foreign-owned ships
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: United Arab Emirates 1,
                                        Uruguay 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 1,369 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 144
                                        over 3,047 m: 4
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 60
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 45
                                        under 914 m: 9 (2001)
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1,225
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 53
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 598
                                        under 914 m: 570 (2001)
  
   Military Argentina
   ------------------
                     Military branches: Argentine Army, Navy of the
                                        Argentine Republic (includes naval
                                        aviation and Marines), Coast Guard,
                                        Argentine Air Force, National
                                        Gendarmerie, National Aeronautical
                                        Police Force
      Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 9,521,633 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 7,721,219 (2002
                               service: est.)
           Military manpower - reaching males: 335,085 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $4.3 billion (FY99)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 1.3% (FY00)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Argentina
   ------------------------------
              Disputes - international: claims UK-administered Falkland
                                        Islands (Islas Malvinas); claims UK-
                                        administered South Georgia and the
                                        South Sandwich Islands; territorial
                                        claim in Antarctica partially
                                        overlaps British and Chilean claims
                         Illicit drugs: used as a transshipment country for
                                        cocaine headed for Europe and the
                                        US; increasing use as a money-
                                        laundering center; domestic
                                        consumption of drugs in urban
                                        centers is increasing
  
                                       



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