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Argentina

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Population: 45.5 million

Land area: 1,056,636 sq mi

Capital: Buenos Aires

Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French


Zum, an Argentine Tango

Presented by, Deseo de Tango
Argentine tango is a musical genre and social dance which originated in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay). This dance performance is a traditional tango with some theatrical elements to express the drama of the relationship between two people. The name of this song is "Zum," a tango composed by Osvaldo Pugliese in 1973.