Margarita is a municipality in Vera Department, Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The municipality was created on January 31, 1899. It is located 229 km from the provincial capital, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz. As of 2010, the town of Margarita has 5,100 residents.
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The Province of Santa Fe is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero. Together with Córdoba and Entre Ríos, the province is part of the economico-political association known as the Center Region.
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz is the capital city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is situated in north-eastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel that connects it to the city of Paraná. The city is also connected by canal with the port of Colastiné on the Paraná River. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz has about 391,164 inhabitants per the 2010 census [INDEC]. The metropolitan area has a population of 653,073, making it the eighth largest in Argentina.
Oliveros is a town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. The municipality has 4,750 inhabitants and is classed as a comuna. It is located in the Iriondo Department, 126 km south from the capital of the province.
Las Rosas is a city in the southwest of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located 165 km (103 mi) from the provincial capital. It has about 13,689 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC], and it is the head town of the Belgrano Department, which also comprises the municipalities of Armstrong, Bouquet, Las Parejas, Montes de Oca, and Tortugas.
The Parque de la Independencia is a large public park in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located near the geographical center of the city, its limits defined by Moreno Street and three important avenues: Pellegrini Avenue, Ovidio Lagos Avenue, and 27 de Febrero Boulevard. It has a surface area of 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi).
The 15 de Abril is a stadium in Santa Fe, Argentina. It is currently used primarily for football matches and is the home ground of club Unión de Santa Fe.
The San Justo Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-north of the province. Starting from the north and going clockwise, it limits with the departments of Vera, San Javier, Garay, La Capital, Las Colonias, and San Cristóbal. San Justo is thus one of only three provincial departments that do not share a border with another province.
The Nueve de Julio Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the northwestern corner of the province, limiting with the Vera Department in the east, and with the San Cristóbal Department in the south. To the north it limits with the province of Chaco, and to the west with the province of Santiago del Estero.
The San Javier River is an anabranch of the Paraná River in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
Rufino is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 18,980 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC]. It lies on the southwest of the province, 260 km (162 mi) from the main metropolitan area of the province Greater Rosario,416 km (258 mi) from the provincial capital Santa Fe, near the borders with Córdoba (west) and Buenos Aires (south), on the intersection of National Routes 33 and 7.
Gálvez is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 81 km (50 mi) south of the provincial capital Santa Fe. It has 18,374 inhabitants per the 2001 census [INDEC].
The Brigadier Estanislao López Highway is a highway in the Argentine province of Santa Fe, linking the provincial capital Santa Fe and the city of Rosario. It runs north–south for 157 km (91 mi), roughly parallel to National Route 11.
The Margarita Belén Massacre took place during the Dirty War in Argentina. It involved the torture and execution of 22 Montoneros, some of whom were killed after surrendering and laying down their weapons near the town of Margarita Belén, Chaco Province, on 13 December 1976, in a joint operation of the Argentine Army and the Chaco Provincial Police. One of the victims of the massacre, Néstor Carlos Salas, is reported to have been a Montoneros commander and took part in a number of guerrilla operations. Argentina was at the time ruled by the National Reorganization Process.
The San Javier Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located on the northeast of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paraná River.
The Vera Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-north of the province. It limits Chaco Province to the north, and the departments of General Obligado (east), San Javier (south-east), San Justo (south), San Cristóbal (south-west), and Nueve de Julio (west).
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei Verae Crucis is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. A metropolitan see, there are two suffragan sees in its ecclesiastical province: Rafaela and Reconquista.
Rosario is a former railway station and the terminus of the Santa Fe Western Railway company in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
Plaza San Martín is a plaza in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. Its name is an homage to General José de San Martín, hero of the Argentine War of Independence.
Santa Fe is a former railway station located in the city of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. Having been closed in March 1993 after the Government of Argentina closed all the long-distance services in Argentina, the station was reopened by the local Municipality as a convention center.
Federico Gabriel Vera is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Independiente.