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Argentina is located in the southern cone of South America, stretching over an area of almost 2.8 million square kilometres and encompassing several very diverse geographical regions. As of 2016, the population of the country was about 44 million. Argentina is made up of 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. The first Spanish settlement in the territories of what is now Argentina dates back to 1526. What was to become Argentina’s main port and city, Buenos Aires, was founded in 1536 but due to repeated attacks by the native population it was abandoned until 1580 when it was re-established. The colonization of the territory was mostly undertaken from neighbouring countries in the north.
The Forum of Federations would like to thank Jorge Horacio Lavopa for his contribution to this article in the 2002 edition of the Handbook and Viviana Patro for her contribution to this article from the 2005 edition of the Handbook. Also, the Forum would like to thank Ann Griffiths for her contribution to this article.
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Farah, P., Piepel, M., Griffiths, A. (2020). Argentina (Argentine Republic). In: Griffiths, A., Chattopadhyay, R., Light, J., Stieren, C. (eds) The Forum of Federations Handbook of Federal Countries 2020. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42088-8_2
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