United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata | |||||||
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Motto: En Unión y Libertad | |||||||
Anthem:
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Capital | Buenos Aires (1810–1815) La Plata (1816–Present) | ||||||
Largest city | Buenos Aires | ||||||
Common languages | Spanish Guaraní Quechua | ||||||
Religion | Predominantly Roman Catholic | ||||||
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Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional republic | ||||||
Ismael Campos | |||||||
Carla Cornejo | |||||||
Martín Sanguinetti | |||||||
Legislature | General Assembly | ||||||
• Unicameral Parliament | Asamblea General de las Provincias Unidas | ||||||
Independence from Spain | |||||||
25 May 1810 | |||||||
• Declared | 9 July 1811 | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• Total | 4,461,967 km2 (1,722,775 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 2020 estimate | 130,382,056 | ||||||
• 2011 census | 116,623,380 | ||||||
• Density | 26.6/km2 (68.9/sq mi) | ||||||
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate | ||||||
• Total | $2.253 trillion | ||||||
• Per capita | $17,500 | ||||||
Currency | Real (1813-1816) Sol (1816-1851) Peso fuerte (1826-1851) Peso Esterlino (from 1851) | ||||||
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