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When you think of Argentina you immediately think of
Maradona, and for the older generation your thought may wonder to “Evita”, or
Juan Manuel “Fangio”, but
Argentina is also the birth place of the Tango and Ernesto “Che” Guevara, is where
Onasis made his first million, is the country that welcomed 6.608,730 migrants from all over the world between 1850 and 1940, this phenomenon continued until the early 1950s. About 97 percent of the population is of European origin, Spanish and Italian predominate with some French, British, German, Russian, Polish and Syrian.
The second largest country in South America, it dominates the landmass south of the tropic of Capricorn,
is bordered on the west by Chile, on the north by Bolivia and Paraguay, and on the east by Brazil and
Uruguay. It has an Atlantic coastline of some 2 600 km (1 600 mi). In this
page You can find travel insurance at real low prices also
excursions to Patagonia.
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The capital of the Argentine Republic is the City of Buenos
Aires. |
 Buenos
Aires was founded twice, The first foundation was in 1536. Don Pedro
de Mendoza, a Spanish colonizer, established the first settlement.
He named it Ciudad del Espíritu Santo y Puerto Santa María del Buen
Ayre. The second, and final, foundation was in 1580 by Juan de Garay
who named it Ciudad de Trinidad.
The city extends on a plain and has 202 square kilometres (78.3 sq
miles). Approximately 3 million people live in this city. Including
the metropolitan area, the total population of Buenos Aires is above
ten million, making it one of the 10 most populated urban centres in
the world. The Río de la Plata and the Riachuelo are the natural
borders of the city on the east and south, respectively. The rest of
the metropolitan perimeter is surrounded by the General Paz Avenue
from north to west.
Its inhabitants are called porteños, (people from the port) which
makes reference to the fact that the city has the leading port of
south America The inhabitant of the province of Buenos Aires is
called bonaerense.
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 The
hours in which porteños have their four meals are variable.
Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 in the morning. In coffee
houses and confiterías (patisseries), it is possible to find special
offers for the typical coffee and milk with medialunas (croissants),
both for breakfast and merienda (tea) time.
Lunch is from 12 am till 2 pm
Dinner is from 9pm til late. |
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 The
climate of Buenos Aires is mild all year round. The average annual
temperature is 18º C (64.4º F), making extremely hot and cold days
very infrequent.
June, July and August are the coldest months, a woollen jumper, a
jacket or an overcoat and a scarf will be required when going out.
In winter, cold is moderate during the day, but temperature
considerably drops at night.
In summer, the weather is hot and humid. Mornings are warm and
during midday and the first hours of the afternoon, the temperature
rises. At night, usually the temperature drops slightly, so people
may wear light clothes.
Rain is more frequent in autumn and spring (from March to June and
from September to December, respectively). They are mild or last a
short time.
In the sunny days of autumn and spring, mornings are slightly cold,
the temperature rises at midday and drops again at night. |
