Frequently asked questions and Tips
- Patagonia
is huge and includes five provinces: Rio Negro, Neuquén,
Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, and has a surface of
880.000 km², a third of the total surface of Argentina,
which in turn is the eighth biggest country in the world.
- The
official currency of Argentina is the Peso.
- The
official language in the whole country is Spanish. In Patagonia
there are small indigenous communities
that speak mapuche language, and the official religion is Roman
Catholic.
- The
climate is lukewarm cold,
with very marked seasonal differences. There are big variations
between the temperatures of the summer and those of the winter.
- A
characteristic of the climate is the wind that usually reaches
intensities of around 100 km/h., mainly in the Central and Atlantic
areas.
- The
quantity of inhabitants is approximately 1.500.000, 5% of
the total of the country, with very low population's density
(there are areas that have less than one inhabitant per square
kilometer).
- There are no security risks or threats to visitors' integrity.
- Not
all roads are asphalted, many are of rubble.
- There
are not endemic illnesses,
therefore there is not any need of special vaccine to enter
the country.
- The
consumption of seafood is usually seasonally restricted
by the presence of the red tide,
circumstance that is communicated through the media.
- The
typical meat of the region is the patagonian lamb.
- It is very well-known the camaraderie of the people from the region.















