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How Much Beef Could You Eat?
Argentina is the one of the leading producers of food in the world. It has a wide variety of staple foods. Beef is the most important staple food in Argentina, but also important are wheat, corn, milk beans and soybeans. Some popular dishes made from beef are empanadas, a stuffed pastry, locro ( mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon, onion, and gourd ), meat-based spicy sausage, and chorizo. Vegetables and salads are also important foods in Argentina but, not as much as beef. So if you are going to go to Argentina, you're going to eat some beef.

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Population of Argentina is 40,000,000. Major Ethnic groups in Argentina are 97% Spanish and Italian. Major Languages in Argentina are Spanish, Italian, English, German and French. Land Area of Argentina is 2,766,890 sq. km.



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There are three separate branches of government in Argentina: executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is exercised by President and Vice-president of the nation elected for a 4-year term and who maybe reelected for a single additional term. The legislative branch is bicameral: the Senate (composed of three senators from each province and from the City of Buenos Aires) and the House of Representatives (composed of representatives elected directly and proportion to each district's population). The judicial branch "is vested in the Supreme Court and lower court of justice."

FUN FACTS 1)Trees in Los Alerces National Park in the Patagonia region are said to be up to three thousand years old. 2)Some of the world's oldest known dinosaur fossils have been found in Argentina. 3)Argentina is also called "Land of Silver"