Argentina and its characteristics

Argentina or the República Argentina, is a country in South America. Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and the eighth-largest country in the world.
About 39 million people live in the Argentina. Spanish is the language that the majority of the people speak, but many other languages are spoken. Some of these are Guarani, Mapudungun and Quechua and even Welsh in Patagonia.
Argentina has a variety of climates for example the north of the country is used to be very hot and humid in summer with mild drier winters, and it usually has periodic droughts. Central Argentina has hot summers with thunderstorms, and cool winters. The southern regions have warm summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall, especially in mountainous zones.


Argentine food habits are most likely influenced by cuisine from Spain, Italy, Germany, France and other European countries, and many foods from those countries such as pasta, sausages, and desserts are common in the nation's diet. Argentina has a wide variety of staple foods, which include empanadas, locro, a mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon and onion, chorizo, a meat spicy sausage. The Argentine barbecue, asado, is one of the most famous in the world and includes various types of meats, among them chorizo, sweetbread, chitterlings, and morcilla. Thin sandwiches, are also popular. Since the country is an important wine producer, the yearly per capita consumption of wine is among the highest worldwide. Also, a common custom among Argentines is drinking mate. Dulce de Leche and alfajores are a famous sweet caramel spread.

The football is the most popular sport in Argentina, whose national team has won twice the FIFA World Cup Championship. The two most popular and also the most powerful teams in Argentina are Boca Juniors and River Plate. It also has a sort of legendary soccer players such as Diego Armando Maradona and Gabriel Omar Batistuta.