.ar is the

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( ccTLD) for

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Souther ...

. It is administered by NIC Argentina. Registering an .ar domain (like website.ar) directly is now allowed. Previously, only 9 of the second-level domains listed below were open for registration, and a local presence in Argentina was required. Recently the extension has become synonymous with Augmented Reality and is being by many prominent AR and XR startups.

Second-level domains

As of January 2017 there are currently 12 second-level domains. * com.ar – Companies and individuals resident in Argentina * coop.ar – Registered cooperatives * edu.ar – Educational institutions. Currently, this second-level domain is handled by ARIU (Asociación de Redes de Interconexión Universitaria). * gob.ar, gov.ar – Local and national government * int.ar – International entities and representatives of foreign international organizations in Argentina * mil.ar – Military use * mutual.ar – Registered mutual organizations * net.ar – Providers of internet services licensed by the Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones * org.ar – Non-profit organizations, which must present a valid proof * senasa.ar – Legal and human persons related to the National Food Safety and Quality Service * tur.ar – Tourism and travel companies licensed by the Ministerio de Turismo de la Nación. Provincial or municipal government agencies promoting their respective provinces or municipalities can also use this second-level domain. * musica.ar – Any member listed in the National Registry of Musicians and National Musical Groups * bet.ar – Online gambling operators, licensed by local and national government

Special characters

In November 2008, a resolution approved the use of special characters in domain names, including ñ, ç, á, é, í ó, ú, ä, ë, ï, ö, and ü. The .gob.ar domain was also approved for government entities (.gob stands for "gobierno", government in Spanish).

References

External links

NIC Argentina

Internet in Argentina Country code top-level domains {{Argentina-stub sv:Toppdomän#A

Second-level domains

Special characters

See also

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