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Rafaela is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. This is a list of cities in Argentina. For a more exhaustive list of cities in a particular province see the main article linked to in each applicable section For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. The Castellanos Department (in Spanish, Departamento Castellanos) is an administrative subdivision ( departamento) of the province A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks General phone calls within Argentina In Argentina, changes were made to area codes in 1999 when the telephone network was split up into three different areas with The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least one unique alphanumeric Postal code to each Municipality. ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral The Justicialist Party ( Spanish: Partido Justicialista, PJ) is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. The Castellanos Department (in Spanish, Departamento Castellanos) is an administrative subdivision ( departamento) of the province It has a population of 83,642 per the 2001 census [INDEC]. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population National Statistics and Censuses Institute ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC is the Argentine government agency responsible
The town was formed in 1881 by Guillermo Lehmann, and officially became a city in 1913.
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Notable natives
- Hermes Binner, twice mayor of Rosario, governnor of Santa Fe. Hermes Juan Binner (b 5 June 1943 in Rafaela, province of Santa Fe) is an Argentine medical doctor and a politician
- Javier Frana, professional tennis player
- Ricardo Lorenzetti, president elect of the Argentine Supreme Court of Justice
- Sebastián Porto, former professional motorcycle racer
- María Emilia Salerni, professional tennis player
- Martín Basso, professional TC racer
- Gabriel Francisco Schürrer Peralta international soccer player who plays for Málaga CF. Javier Alberto Frana Maggi (born December 25, 1966 in Rafaela) is a former Tennis player from Argentina and current tennis commentator Ricardo Luis Lorenzetti (born 19 September 1955) is a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina. The Supreme Court of Argentina (in Spanish, Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación) is the highest Court of Law of the Argentine Sebastián Porto (born September 12, 1978 in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province as Sebastián Porco) is a fomer Argentine professional María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983) known as Pitu Salerni, is an Argentine professional Tennis player from the Martín Basso (born July 26, 1974 in Cordoba) is an Argentine racing driver
- Jorge Giorgetti national deputie
- Chachi Telesco famous model, actress
- Alejandro Levit professional deportist
- El Peregrino professional fighter
Sister Cities
Rafaela has two sister cities:
References
In Spanish unless otherwise noted. Sigmaringendorf is a town in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Fossano is a town and commune of Piedmont Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
- Inforama — Municipal information at the official website of the Santa Fe provincial government. Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- Rafaela.com City portal.
- Rafaela.com.ar City portal.
- Diario Castellanos - Local newspaper.
- Diario La Opinión - Local newspaper.
- Atajo - News portal of Rafaela.
- Diócesis de Rafaela - Local Catholic diocese.
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