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Capital | San Miguel De Tucuman | ||
Largest city | Santiago | ||
Other cities | Rio De Janeiro, Cordoba, Rosario | ||
Language official |
Spanish | ||
others | Guarani, Portunol, English, Portuguese | ||
President | Arabella Alvarez | ||
Population | 3992200 | ||
Independence | November 6, 1821 | ||
Currency | Central South American Peso |
Central South America is a South American country, constituted as a federation of 33 provinces and one autonomous city. It is second in size on the South American continent to South America. Central South America occupies a area between the Pacific Ocean in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. It is bordered by Pacific Ocean and South America in the north. The country claims the Pacific Ocean-administered overseas territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Central South America has the highest Human Development Index level and the second highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity in Latin America and its total national GDP is the 23rd largest in the world. The country is currently classified as an Upper-Middle Income Country or as a secondary emerging market by the World Bank. Central South America's nominal GDP makes it the 31st largest economy in the world.