_#_Religion: nominally Roman Catholic 90% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 6%
_#_Language: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French
_#_Literacy: 95% (male 96%, female 95%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 10,900,000; agriculture 12%, industry 31%, services 57% (1985 est.)
_#_Organized labor: 3,000,000; 28% of labor force
_*Government #_Long-form name: Argentine Republic
_#_Type: republic
_#_Capital: Buenos Aires (tentative plans to move to Viedma by 1990 indefinitely postponed)
_#_Administrative divisions: 22 provinces (provincias, singular—provincia), 1 national territory* (territorio nacional), and 1 district** (distrito); Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Distrito Federal**, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur*, Tucuman; note—the national territory is in the process of becoming a province; the US does not recognize claims to Antarctica
_#_Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain)