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 Capital:
Buenos Aires
Language:
Officially Spanish, English widely spoken
People:
Mainly European. Remainder Mestizo, Indian
Religion:
Roman Catholic (90%)
Size:
2, 780, 400 km squared
Population:
36, 100, 000
Population
density: 13 people per km
Food:
Beef of very high quality. Grill rooms
abound. Local food is largely a
mixture
of Basque, Spanish and Italian, including empanadas
and pork and
maize
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 Medical
care: Good.
Currency:
peso (P) = 100 centavos
Finance:
US dollars and major credit cards generally
accepted.
Often difficult to exchange travellers cheques
in small towns
Airports:
Ezeiza Ministro Pistarini (EZE), 42km from Buenos
Aires
Internal
travel: Air travel most efficient way to
get around.
Buses
are also considered a reliable form of long distance
transport.
Business
hours: 0900-1900 Mon-Fri
Time
zone relative to GMT: -3
Voltage
guide: 220 AC, 50 Hz
Customs
Regulations:
Allowance:
400 cigarettes and 50 cigars, 2 ltrs of alcohol.
English
language newspapers:
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