• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Zippy Facts Logo

Zippy Facts

Interesting Random Facts

  • Animals
  • Culture
  • Firsts
  • Food
  • Geography
  • Health
  • History
  • Inventions
  • Language
  • Mythology
  • Odds
  • People
  • Religion
  • Science
  • Space
  • Universe
  • World
You are here: Home / World / Which Country Eats the Most Beef?

Which Country Eats the Most Beef?

July 29, 2020 by Karen Hill

South America is shaped somewhat like an ice-cream cone, and Argentina forms most of the “cone.” Slender Chile occupies the western side of the long, narrowing end of South America, while much larger Argentina occupies the eastern side.

With an area of more than 1 million square miles, Argentina is the eighth largest country on earth and the second largest in South America. It stretches about 2,300 miles from north to south, reaching from the tropics almost to Antarctica!

Mountains, plains, and forests, frigid cold and sweltering heat, you’ll find it all in Argentina. The northern part of the country has a hot, tropical climate, and the western part is covered by the towering Andes Mountains. The cool southern part of Argentina is a land of mountains, forests, and lakes, called Patagonia after the Patagonian, or “Big Feet,” Indians who once lived there.

The heartland of Argentina is the treeless, temperate plain known as the Pampa. Covering an area of 300,000 square miles, nearly twice the size of California, the Pampa is the home of Argentinian cowboys known as gauchos. This area is the center of Argentina’s huge livestock industry.

In the 1980s, only the United States and the Soviet Union produced more beef than Argentina, and Argentina was the world’s number-one beef exporter. With a population of 27 million and some 58 million cattle, Argentina had more than two head of cattle for every citizen!

Argentinians also love to eat beef, with the world’s highest consumption rate of beef, at 68 kg a year per capita.

Related Facts

  • What was the European Age of Exploration?
  • Which Explorers First Explored the Continents of the World?
  • History of Money
  • Who Invented the First Car and Where Did Cars Come From?
  • Who Were the First Explorers of Ancient Civilization?
  • Why do Sliced Roast Beef, Corned Beef and Pastrami Meat have a Rainbow Sheen?

Filed Under: World

About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

Previous Post: « What was The War of the Triple Alliance?
Next Post: Which Is the Largest Island on Earth? »

Footer

Follow

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Medium
  • Pinterest
  • StumbleUpon
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Categories

Accomplishments Animals Culture Firsts Food Geography Health History Inventions Language Mythology Odds People Religion Science Space Universe World Your Body

About

Zippy Facts empowers the world by serving educational content that is accessible to everyone.

A tribute to growing up, zippyfacts.com showcases interesting and unusual facts about the world.

Our mission is to use technology to facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing.

Copyright © 2020 Zippy Facts

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy