Rosario Department
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The Rosario Department (in Spanish, Departamento Rosario) is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located on the south of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paraná River. It has an area of 1,890 km² and a population of over 1.1 million, with a population density of about 600 inhabitants/km². This department is the most populated in the province (comprising more than one third of the total population).
The department's head town is the city of Rosario; most of the population is concentrated in its metropolitan area (Greater Rosario), which reaches north into the neighboring San Lorenzo Department. Other important cities and towns are Ibarlucea, Granadero Baigorria, Funes, Pérez, Zavalla, Pueblo Nuevo, Villa Diego, Álvarez, Villa Amelia, Acebal, Uranga, Arroyo Seco, Fighiera, and Coronel Bogado.
Limiting the Rosario Department to the south is the Constitución Department (whose head town is Villa Constitución) and to the east and north, the San Lorenzo Department (head town San Lorenzo). On the eastern border, along the Paraná River, is the heart of the Industrial Corridor, a productive area of high industrialization (as of 2005 still recovering from the economic crisis).
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| Belgrano | Caseros | Castellanos | Constitución | Garay | General López | General Obligado | Iriondo | La Capital | Las Colonias | Nueve de Julio | Rosario | San Cristóbal | San Javier | San Jerónimo | San Justo | San Lorenzo | San Martín | Vera | |
[edit] References
In Spanish.
- Government of the Province of Santa Fe
- Inforama - Municipalities of the Rosario Department.
- Department information - Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
