阿根廷位于南美洲的南端,面积为二百七十七万余平方公里,是拉丁美洲第二大国。人口为二千一百七十六万人(1963年估計),在拉丁美洲仅决于巴西和墨西哥居第三位。人口中97％以上为欧洲移民的后裔,其余为印第安人和印欧混血种人。居民操西班牙語。天主教徒占全国人口的90％以上。阿根廷地区最早的居民是一些游牧的印第安人部落。1526年被西班牙人发現,十六世紀中叶淪为西班牙殖民地,1816年获得独立。1916—1930年代表 Argentina is located in the southern tip of South America, an area of ​​2777000 square kilometers, is the second largest country in Latin America. The population is 21,760,000 (estimated in 1963), and in Latin America it is only the third in Brazil and Mexico. Over 97% of the population is descendants of European immigrants and the rest are Indians and Indo-European mixed-race. Residents exercise Spanish. Catholics make up over 90% of the country’s population. The earliest inhabitants in Argentina were some nomadic Indian tribes. It was discovered by the Spaniards in 1526 and became Spanish colony in the mid 16th century and gained independence in 1816. 1916-1930