FACTOID # 162: You are more likely to be reported as having been killed by lightning in Cuba than in any other country.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     

  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Arequito, Santa Fe
Cities and towns
in Argentina
Arequito
Province Santa Fe
Department Caseros
Location 33°9′ S 61°28′ W
Population 6,934
Area 503 km²
Density 13.8 inhab/km²
Phone code +54 3464
CPA base S2183
Mayor Jorge Álvarez
Party Socialist Party

Arequito is a town (comuna) in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 248 km southwest from the provincial capital and about 90 km west from Rosario. It has a population of about 7,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. This is a list of cities in Argentina. ... Argentina is subdivided in 23 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 federal district (capital federal). ... Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. ... Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... Argentina made major changes to its telephone numbering plan in 1999, after its telephone system was privatized. ... The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least an unique alphanumeric postal codes to each municipality. ... ISO 3166-2:AR is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. ... now. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... The Socialist Party of Argentina is a political party operating in Argentina. ... Argentina is subdivided in 23 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 federal district (capital federal). ... Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. ... Santa Fe is the capital city of the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. ... Rosario is the largest city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and the third most populous in the country, after Buenos Aires and Córdoba. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... National Statistics and Censuses Institute (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is the Argentine government agency responsible for the collection and processing of statistical data. ...


The town was founded initially as a waystop (posta) by Braulio Areco in 1778. He ended up using a diminutive of his surname because there were already two postas de Areco in Buenos Aires (Carmen de Areco and San Antonio de Areco). It became a colonist settlement, and in time it was recognized officially as a town, on 1 June 1891. The area received an important influx of immigration (mostly from Europe, and also Syrian-Lebanese) during the second half of the 19th century, and became a highly productive agricultural area. Since 1970 it produces soybean (the town is the seat of the National Festival dedicated to this crop, held every October). This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... San Antonio de Areco is a city in northern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and capital of the partido of San Antonio de Areco. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Binomial name Glycine max (L.) Merr. ...


Arequito became nationally known in the 1990s as the hometown of the young folk singer and composer Soledad Pastorutti. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Soledad in concert at the Salón Blanco of the Casa Rosada. ...


References

  • Municipal information — Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
  • Inforama — Municipal information at the official website of the Santa Fe provincial government.
  • History of Arequito


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.