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Argentina ( i / ˌ ɑːr dʒ ən ˈ t iː n ə / ; Spanish: [aɾxenˈtina] ), officially the Argentine Republic ( Spanish : República Argentina ), is a federal republic located in southeastern South America . Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbour Chile , it is bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north; Brazil to the northeast; Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east; Chile to the west and the Drake Passage to the south.
With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km 2 (1,073,500 sq mi) , Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the second-largest in Latin America , and the largest Spanish-speaking one. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica , the Falkland Islands ( Spanish : Islas Malvinas ), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . The country is subdivided into twenty-three provinces ( Spanish : provincias , singular provincia ) and one autonomous city ( ciudad autónoma ), Buenos Aires , whic