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Encyclopedia > Rosario Department

The Rosario Department (in Spanish, Departamento Rosario) is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located on the south of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paraná River. It has an area of 1,890 km² and a population of over 1.1 million, with a population density of about 600 inhabitants/km². This department is the most populated in the province (comprising more than one third of the total population). Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... Overlooking the Paraná River from Encarnación, Paraguay. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


The department's head town is the city of Rosario; most of the population is concentrated in its metropolitan area (Greater Rosario), which reaches north into the neighboring San Lorenzo Department. Other important cities and towns are Ibarlucea, Granadero Baigorria, Funes, Pérez, Zavalla, Pueblo Nuevo, Villa Diego, Álvarez, Villa Amelia, Acebal, Uranga, Arroyo Seco, Fighiera, and Coronel Bogado. Rosario viewed from a point above the Paraná River Rosario is the largest city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and the third most populous in the country, after Córdoba and Buenos Aires. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... The Greater Rosario is the metropolitan area of the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. ...


Limiting the Rosario Department to the south is the Constitución Department (whose head town is Villa Constitución) and to the east and north, the San Lorenzo Department (head town San Lorenzo). On the eastern border, along the Paraná River, is the heart of the Cordón Industrial ("Industrial Cord"), a productive area of high industrialization (as of 2005 still recovering from the economic crisis). 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Argentine economic crisis was part of the situation that affected Argentinas economy during the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...


Reference

  • INDEC
  • Government of the Province of Santa Fe (in Spanish)

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