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Month High (°C) Low(°C) January 30.4 20.4 February 28.7 19.4 March 26.4 16.6 April 22.3 12.7 May 18.7 9.5 June 15.1 7.2 July 13.8 6.7 August 14.3 7.8 September 17.9 9.9 October 22.5 13.1 November 28.8 19.2 December 22.4 13.5

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-Location: Buenos Aires (literally ‘fair winds’) is located on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. It is the capital and largest city of Argentina, which is the second largest country in South America and the eighth largest in the world. Argentina (from the Latin word for silver, ‘argentum’) shares land borders with Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile, and is surrounded on the east and south by the Atlantic Ocean. Buenos Aires city is located inside the province of Buenos Aires, but is an autonomous federal district. It consists of 48 barrios or neighbourhoods. It is situated in what is called the Rio de la Plata (River of silver), where the Uruguay and Parana rivers combine and join the Atlantic Ocean. The large historic port gives the people of Buenos Aires their name: porteños -Dialing code: country +54 city: 11, then an eight digit subscriber number. To call other districts from Buenos Aires, dial 0, the district code, then the 8-digit number. Cell phones are more expensive to call than landlines and normally begin with a 15, followed by the 8-digit number. Calling a cell phone in another area (i.e. not Buenos Aires) would require you to dial that district code, then 15, then the 8-digit number

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Currency and Exchange Rates

The currency in Argentina is the Argentina Peso (ARS)

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Public Holidays

The weekend in Buenos Aires is Saturday-Sunday. Public Holidays are: January 1 (New Year's Day) Good Friday May 1 (Labor Day) May 25 (First Argentine Government) June 10 (National Sovereignty Day) June 20 (Flag Day) July 9 (Independence Day) August 17 (Anniversary of the Death of General San Martín) October 12 (Día de la Raza) December 8 (Immaculate Conception Day), and December 25 (Christmas). Most tourist businesses and restaurants, however, will remain open during all but Christmas Eve, Christmas day and New Year's. Christmas Eve (24th December) tends to be a bigger celebration than Christmas day and family gatherings generally happen that night.

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