Interesting Facts about Argentina
Book Top Experiences and Tours in Argentina:
If youʻre booking your trip to Argentina last minute, we have you covered. Below are some of the top tours and experiences!- Buenos Aires: City Highlights Guided Tour with Transfer
- From Salta: Full-Day Trip to Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca
- From Buenos Aires: Tigre Delta Tour with Boat Ride
- Palermo: Graffiti and Street Art Guided Tour in English
- Buenos Aires: Wine Tasting and Lunch at Bodega Gamboa
This South American country has other interesting facts that may catch your attention.
#1 fact
At 6,959 meters, Aconcagua, located in the province of Mendoza, is the highest mountain in the Andes and on the American continent.#2 fact
At almost 4000 meters above sea level, Olacapato is Argentina's highest town, located in the Department of Los Andes.#3 fact
Argentina has received five Nobel Prizes, including two for Peace, two for Medicine, and one for Chemistry.#4 fact
Argentina was the first country in the world to transmit a radio transmission, which took place on a terrace between three friends in 1920 when just 20 individuals in the country had access to a radio.
Ateneo library, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires.
#5 fact
Argentina's national beer is Quilmes. It was called after the Kilmes Indians, an indigenous tribe from the country's northwest. In the town that bears that name, the first brewery was established.#6 fact
The first Wine & Golf Resort in the world rises in Mendoza, one of the world's most productive wine valleys.#7 fact
The Colón theater is regarded as one of the world's most important. A magnificent masterpiece of dramatic, lyrical, and acoustic art, the finest of all time, with seating for 2,487 people.#8 fact
In Argentina's La Pampa, a small group of Mennonites live as they did in the Middle Ages, attempting to retain their own norms, rituals, and laws while refusing to recognize any state. They speak a Low German dialect with Dutch inflections.#9 fact
Hungarian-born Lászlo József Bró moved to Argentina in 1938 and created the "biro" or "birome," also known as a "pen." On September 29, his birthday, which is a national holiday, Invention Day is commemorated.#10 fact
The bus, the fingerprint system, and the delicious alfajores and dulce de leche are all Argentine innovations.#11 fact
Tango, a dance enveloped in the smoke of passions and sensuality that extends beyond dancing, has been designated as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.#12 fact
7 Natural Wonders of Argentina have been chosen: the impressive Perito Moreno Glacier, the Iguazú Falls, the Valley of the Moon, the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Aconcagua, the Arrayanes Forest and the Cerro de los Siete Colores.
Perito Moreno Glacier, Santa Cruz.