page_title: Outline of Argentina
section_title: Geography of Argentina
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Argentina / Geography of Argentina
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mapa de Argentina con su relieve English: Map of Argentina with its terrain levels
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of, and introduction to Argentina:
  Argentina – country in South America, the continent's second largest by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.
context_section_description: Geography of Argentina
  Argentina is a: Country
  Location:
  Southern Hemisphere
  Western Hemisphere
  Latin America
  South America
  Southern Cone
  Time zone:
  Argentina Time - (UTC-03) - No DST
  Extreme points of Argentina
  High:  Aconcagua 6,960 m (22,835 ft) – highest point outside of Asia
  Low:  Laguna del Carbón −105 m (−344 ft) – lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
  Land boundaries:  9,861 km
   Chile 5,308 km
   Paraguay 1,880 km
   Brazil 1,261 km
   Bolivia 832 km
   Uruguay 580 km
  Coastline:  4,989 km
  Population of Argentina: 40,677,348 people (2008 estimate) - 30th most populous country
  Area of Argentina:  2,766,890 km² (1,068,300 sq mi) - 8th largest country
  Atlas of Argentina
caption: An enlargeable topographic map of Argentina.
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