.ar

Introduced	23 September 1987
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	NIC Argentina
Sponsor	Government of Argentina (SLyTP)
Intended use	Entities connected with Argentina
Actual use	Very popular in Argentina
Registered domains	670,633 (November 2022)[1]
Registration restrictions	Must have contact with address in Argentina, but registrant may be foreign; some subdomains have particular restrictions
Structure	Registrations are at third level beneath second level labels
Documents	Government resolution on domain registration
Registry website	https://nic.ar/

.ar is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Argentina. It is administered by NIC Argentina. Registering an .ar domain (like website.ar) directly is allowed as of 2020.^[2] Previously, only 9 of the second-level domains listed below were open for registration, and a local presence in Argentina was required. Recently^[when?] the extension has become synonymous with Augmented Reality and is being by many prominent AR and XR startups. ^[3]

Second-level domains

As of January 2017 there are currently 12 second-level domains.^[4]

• 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^{[citation needed]}
• .seg.ar - for companies authorised by the Superintendence of National Insurance.^[5]
• 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^[6]

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).^[7]