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Santa Fe
Province Santa Fe
Department La Capital
Location 31°38′ S 60°42′ W
Population 369,046
Demonym santafesino
Area 748 km²
Density 493. 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 La Capital Department (in Spanish, Departamento La Capital) 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 37 inhab/km²
CPA base S3000
Phone code +54 342
Mayor Mario Barletta
Party Progressive, Civic and Social Front

Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 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 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 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 Mario Domingo Barletta is the Mayor of the Argentine city of Santa Fe, the capital of Santa Fe Province, since 11 December 2007 A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral The Progressive Civic and Social Front (Frente Progresista Civico y Social is a provincial Political party in Argentina, based in Santa Fe Province. 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. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. This article is about the second-longest river in South America For the shorter river in Goiás, central Brazil see Paranã River The Paraná River For other rivers in Argentina named Salado see here The Salado River (in Spanish Río Salado, literally "Salty It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. Paraná is the capital city of the Argentine province of Entre Ríos, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, opposite the city of The Raúl Uranga - Carlos Sylvestre Begnis Subfluvial Tunnel (in Spanish, Túnel Subfluvial Raúl Uranga - Carlos Sylvestre Begnis) formerly known as the The city is also connected by canal with the port of Colastiné on the Paraná River. Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Santa Fe has about 369,000 inhabitants as 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 metropolitan area has a population of 454,238, making it the ninth largest in Argentina. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central

Santa Fe is the commercial and transportation center for a rich agricultural area that produces grain, vegetable oils, and meats. The city is the seat of the Catholic University of Santa Fe (inaugurated in 1959), the National University of the Littoral (first founded as the Provincial University in 1889, and which changed to its current name in 1919), several museums, and a number of buildings erected during colonial times. The National University of the Littoral (in Spanish Universidad Nacional del Litoral, UNL is a University in Argentina.

Santa Fe is linked to Rosario (170 km to the south), the largest city in the province, by the Brigadier Estanislao López Highway and by National Route 11, which continues south towards Buenos Aires. The Brigadier Estanislao López Highway is a Highway in the Argentine province of Santa Fe, linking the provincial capital Santa Fe and Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern

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History

Santa Fe's Government house
Santa Fe's Government house

Santa Fe was originally founded in the nearby site of Cayastá (where there is an historical park containing the burial place of Hernandarias, the first American-born governor in South America) in 1573. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a It was moved to the present site in 1653 due to the constant flooding of the Cayastá River. The city became provincial capital in 1814, when the territory of the province of Santa Fe was separated from the province of Buenos Aires by the National Constituent Assembly. Buenos Aires Province (ˈbwenos ˈaiɾes Spanish: Provincia de Buenos Aires is the most populated province of Argentina.

The city in its current location is still not immune to flooding. On 29 April 2003 the Salado, which empties into the Paraná near Santa Fe, rose almost 2 m in a few hours following heavy rainfall, and caused a catastrophic flood. No fewer than 100,000 people had to be evacuated, and large sections of the city remained under water more than a week later.

Climate

The city has a climate considered as "Humid Subtropical" or "Cfa" by Köppen classification. Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air In daily language the term "humidity" is normally taken to mean Relative humidity. The subtropics are the zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropic zone which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems It was developed by Wladimir Köppen, a German climatologist Winters are generally mild, though minimum temperatures can fall below 0°C (32°F) on cold nights during the winter . Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox Summers are generally hot and humid. Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days During the most extreme heat waves, temperatures have exceeded 45°C (113°F). A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot Weather, which may be accompanied by high Humidity. Temperatures have exceeded 35°C (95°F) in every season)[1]. A season is one of the major divisions of the Year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in Weather.

Rainfall can be expected throughout the year though summer is usually the wettest season. Summer is one of the four Temperate Seasons Summer marks the warmest time of year with the longest days Thunderstorms can be intense with frequent lightning, powerful downdraughts and intense precipitation. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of Electricity, which typically occurs during Thunderstorms and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or

Weather averages for Santa Fe, Argentina
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 32. 7 (91) 30. 7 (87) 28. 4 (83) 24. 4 (76) 21. 3 (70) 17. 3 (63) 17. 1 (63) 19. 5 (67) 21. 3 (70) 25. 5 (78) 28. 1 (83) 30. 8 (87) 24. 8 (77)
Average low °C (°F) 20. 7 (69) 20. 0 (68) 18. 3 (65) 14. 8 (59) 11. 4 (53) 7. 7 (46) 7. 6 (46) 9. 4 (49) 10. 5 (51) 14. 3 (58) 17. 2 (63) 19. 2 (67) 14. 3 (58)
Precipitation mm (inches) 106. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric 0 (4. 2) 132. 1 (5. 2) 138. 6 (5. 5) 96. 1 (3. 8) 61. 6 (2. 4) 24. 3 (1) 29. 8 (1. 2) 29. 6 (1. 2) 59. 9 (2. 4) 100. 8 (4) 107. 0 (4. 2) 104. 6 (4. 1) 990. 4 (39)
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentine Meteorological Service) (NB: Data from the period 1981-1990)[2] Jan 2008

Galleries

Gallery of Santa Fe

360° view from the Celestino X building
360° view from the Celestino X building
East view towards the city center
East view towards the city center
Santa Fe view from San José del Rincón
Santa Fe view from San José del Rincón

The City

Night view of the "Puente Colgante" (a suspension bridge).
Night view of the "Puente Colgante" (a suspension bridge). This article is concerned with a particular type of suspension bridge the suspended-deck type

Santa Fe has a lot of important commercial centres, busy cultural life, interesting options in sports and tourism, numerous artistic and musical events, and an exciting nightlife.

There is an important infrastructure for tourism developed due to the building of highways and a subfluvial tunnel and, together with the beauty of the landscape and the various attractions that tourists can enjoy make them feel pleased to choose this region to spend their holidays. Hunting, fishing, excursions, walks by the river, practising water sports on the River Paraná (18 km away via Nº168 National Road), visiting the Space Observation Centre or the Zoo- Experimental Station of "La Esmeralda" Farm, make the tourist feel amazed and eager to know more about the region.

In a nutshell, Santa Fe offers a complete and varied shade of attractions that make one dive into history when visiting monuments, museums or find oneself in the beautiful parks, rivers and streams surrounded by wild flora and fauna.

Notable natives

See also Cat:People from Santa Fe, Argentina

Santa Fe's "Puente Colgante" (suspension bridge).
Santa Fe's "Puente Colgante" (suspension bridge). This article is concerned with a particular type of suspension bridge the suspended-deck type

References

  1. ^ Guía Climática para el Turismo (Climate Guide for Tourists) (Spanish). Ezequiel Martínez Estrada ( September 14, 1895 - November 4, 1964) was an Argentine writer poet essayist and literary critic Estanislao López (1786–1838 was a governor and Caudillo of the, between 1818 and 1838 a hero of provincial Federalism and an ally of Juan Manuel Carlos Monzón ( August 7, 1942 – January 8, 1995) was an Argentine boxer who held the Carlos Manuel Baldomir (born April 30 1971 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine boxer and former WBC / Ring Magazine Andrés Marcelo Nocioni (born November 30 1979 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine professional Basketball player for the NBA 's Chicago Carlos Francisco Delfino (born August 29 1982, in Santa Fe Argentina) is an Argentine professional Basketball player Carlos Alberto Reutemann (born Santa Fe Argentina April 12, 1942) nicknamed "Lole" is an Argentine former racing driver (who raced Ricardo Argentino Supisiche ( 1912-11-06 &ndash 1992 was an Argentine artist (painter and engraver born in Santa Fe, the capital of Santa Fe Province Juan José Saer ( 28 June 1937 - 11 June 2005) was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years Ariel Ramírez (born September 4 1921) is a composer Development and influences Ariel Ramírez was born in Santa Fe Argentina. Héctor Raúl Cúper (born November 16, 1955 in Chabás Santa Fe Province, Argentina) is a former football defender and the Retrieved on Jan 23, 2008.
  2. ^ Guía Climática para el Turismo (Climate Guide for Tourists) (Spanish). Retrieved on Jan 22, 2008.

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