San Cristóbal, Santa Fe

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San Cristóbal
Location of San Cristóbal in Argentina
Coordinates: 30°19′S61°14′W / 30.317°S 61.233°W / -30.317; -61.233 Coordinates: 30°19′S61°14′W / 30.317°S 61.233°W / -30.317; -61.233
Country Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Province Bandera-StaFe-argentina.svg  Santa Fe
Department San Cristóbal
Government
   Mayor Edgardo L. Martino (Socialist Party)
Area
  Total652 km2 (252 sq mi)
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
(2010 census)
  Total14,389
  Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-3 (ART)
CPA base
S3070
Dialing code +54 3408

San Cristóbal is a city in the center-north of the province of Santa Fe , Argentina, 179 km north-northwest from the provincial capital. It had about 14,000 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC] and it is the head town of the San Cristóbal Department.

Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system.

Santa Fe Province Province of Argentina

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.

Argentina federal republic in South America

Argentina, officially named the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The town was founded in 1890 and the attained the status of comuna (commune) on 1894-01-21. It became a city on 1959-03-01.

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