López | |
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Town and municipality | |
Coordinates: 31°54′19″S61°16′53″W / 31.90528°S 61.28139°W | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | Santa Fe |
Department | San Jerónimo |
Founded by | Mariano López |
Government | |
• Communal president | José María Kloster (UCR-FPCyS) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,818 km2 (1,088 sq mi) |
Elevation | 131 m (430 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,535 |
• Density | 0.54/km2 (1.4/sq mi) |
2010 | |
Time zone | UTC-03:00 |
CPA | S2255 |
Area code | +54 03404 |
López is an Argentine locality and town in the San Jerónimo Department within the Santa Fe Province.
It is situated 100 km from the capital of the province, Santa Fe.
The commune was founded on 20 May 1896.
It has 1,535 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), an increase of 1,467 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) over the last census. [1]
Vertical bar chart demographic of López between 1887 and 2010 |
Source: National Census INDEC, National |
López is the head of its communal district. Its area covers 13,000 hectares.
The limits are: at the North Santa Clara de la Buena Vista. At the east, Loma Alta. And at the south Campo Piaggio and Loma Alta.
The first colonists who settled the colony were tenants of Mariano López. They were immigrants from the North of Italy, mostly from Piedmont.
The first general census of Santa Fe, taken in July 1887 confirmed that López population came from:
The football club of the town is the Club Argentino de López that competes in the Football League of Esperanza.
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