Empalme Villa Constitución | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 33°16′S60°23′W / 33.267°S 60.383°W Coordinates: 33°16′S60°23′W / 33.267°S 60.383°W | |
Country | |
Province | Santa Fe |
Department | Constitución |
Population | |
• Total | 5,890 |
Time zone | ART (UTC-3) |
CPA base | S2918 |
Dialing code | +54 3400 |
Empalme Villa Constitución (often shortened to Empalme) is a town (comuna) in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 5,890 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC].
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Empalme may refer to
Province of Santa Fe Railway was a French-owned company that purchased a 1,000 mmmetre gauge railway network built by the provincial government of Santa Fe in Argentina on 10 April 1900 and later extended it in the provinces of Chaco and Córdoba. After nationalisation in 1948 it became part of the state-owned company Belgrano Railway
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