Santa Fe Province
The Province o Santa Fe, in Spaingie Provincia de Santa Fe (pronoonced: [santa ˈfe]), is a province o Argentinae, locatit in the centre-east o the kintra. Neebourin provinces are frae the north clockwise Chaco (dividit bi the 28t parallel sooth), Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, an Santiago del Estero. Thegither wi Córdoba an Entre Ríos, the province is pairt o the economico-political association kent as the Center Region.
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 Location o Santa Fe Province athin Argentinae | |
| Kintra | Argentinae |
| Caipital | Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz |
| Depairtments | 135 |
| Destricts | 365 |
| Municipalities an communes | 352 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Omar Perotti |
| • Legislatur | Chamber o Deputies (50) Senate (19) |
| • Naitional Deputies | 19 |
| • National Senators | Carolina Losada, Dionisio Scarpin, Marcelo Lewandowski |
| Area | |
| • Total | 133007 km2 (51,354 sq mi) |
| Population (2010[1]) | |
| • Total | 3,194,537 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | santafesino |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-S |
| Website | www |
Santa Fe's maist important ceeties are Rosario (population 908,000), the caipital Santa Fe (369,000), Rafaela (83,000), Villa Gobernador Gálvez (74,000), Venado Tuerto (69,000), Reconquista (66,000), an Santo Tomé (58,000).
The adult leeteracy rate in the province is 96.3%
Admeenistrative diveesion
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The province is dividit intae 19 depairtments (in Spaingie, departamentos), an the depairtments are dividit in destricts which can be organisit as communes or municipalities. The communes are smawer touns, generally admeenistered bi a local commission led bi a "communal preses". The municipalities, which must hae mair nor 10,000 inhabitants, are wha is commonly cried "ceeties". Municipalities hae an executive officer (a mayor, cried intendente) an a legislative body (cried Concejo Municipal, a deliberative cooncil). For admeenistrative purposes, each depairtment haes a heid toun (cabecera), which mey be either kynd o destrict.
| Depairtment | Population | Aurie | Heid toun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrano | 41,449 | 2,386 km2 (921 sq mi) | Las Rosas |
| Caseros | 79,096 | 3,449 km2 (1,332 sq mi) | Casilda |
| Castellanos | 162,165 | 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi) | Rafaela |
| Constitución | 83,045 | 3,225 km2 (1,245 sq mi) | Villa Constitución |
| Garay | 19,913 | 3,964 km2 (1,531 sq mi) | Helvecia |
| General López | 182,113 | 11,558 km2 (4,463 sq mi) | Melincué |
| General Obligado | 166,436 | 10,928 km2 (4,219 sq mi) | Reconquista |
| Iriondo | 65,486 | 3,184 km2 (1,229 sq mi) | Cañada de Gómez |
| La Capital | 489,505 | 3,055 km2 (1,180 sq mi) | Santa Fe |
| Las Colonias | 95,202 | 6,439 km2 (2,486 sq mi) | Esperanza |
| Nueve de Julio | 28,273 | 16,870 km2 (6,510 sq mi) | Tostado |
| Rosario | 1,121,441 | 1,890 km2 (730 sq mi) | Rosario |
| San Cristóbal | 64,935 | 14,850 km2 (5,730 sq mi) | San Cristóbal |
| San Javier | 29,912 | 6,929 km2 (2,675 sq mi) | San Javier |
| San Jerónimo | 77,253 | 4,282 km2 (1,653 sq mi) | Coronda |
| San Justo | 40,379 | 5,575 km2 (2,153 sq mi) | San Justo |
| San Lorenzo | 142,097 | 1,867 km2 (721 sq mi) | San Lorenzo |
| San Martín | 60,698 | 4,860 km2 (1,880 sq mi) | Sastre |
| Vera | 51,303 | 21,096 km2 (8,145 sq mi) | Vera |
References
eedit- ↑ "Censo 2010 Argentina resultados definitivos: mapas". 200.51.91.231. Archived frae the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Offeecial portal o the province. (in Spaingie)
- Constitution o Santa Fe Archived 2012-08-05 at Archive.today. (in Spaingie)
- Tourism in Santa Fe, Argentinae