Argentina Fun Facts - Original Travel

Argentina is the birthplace of Tango, a popular type of music and dance that originated in the working-class neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires in the late 19th century.
Despite the popularity of football in Argentina, their national sport is actually Pato. It is a sport played on horseback and has been the national sport since 1953.
Argentina is home to more than 50 million cattle, making it the country with the second-largest cattle population in the world (behind India).
The Argentinian flag features three bands of colour: yellow, white and light blue. The yellow band represents the sun, the white represents purity and the blue represents the sky.
The highest mountain in Argentina is Aconcagua, which has an elevation of 22,840ft. It’s also the tallest mountain in all of the Southern and Western Hemispheres.
The official currency of Argentina is the Argentine peso.
Argentina has a rich ecosystem, with an estimated 9,000 plant species, 1,000 bird species and 400 mammal species.
Argentines spend more time listening to the radio than any other nation in the world.
In 2001, Argentina had five presidents in ten days.
Argentina is home to both the highest and lowest points of the Southern Hemisphere. Mount Aconcagua in Mendoza marks the highest point of the Southern Hemisphere, while Laguna del Carbon – a salt lake that sits in the Santa Cruz province – is the lowest point.