María Juana

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María Juana is a town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located 125 km from the provincial capital (Santa Fe) and 210 km from the province's largest city, Rosario. It has a population of about 5,000.

The main activity in the area is the production of milk and derivative dairy products, but María Juana also produces and exports soy and wheat, honey, and industrial products.

Populated with a majority of descendants from Italian immigrants, María Juana counts with two elementary schools and three high schools. It has a cable television system (Cable-Hogar María Juana) since the early 1990, and multi-award-winner Radio María Juana FM 101.9, founded in 1978, one of the few alternative radio stations in Argentina that broadcast worldwide with Internet streaming.