San Francisco, Córdoba
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San Francisco is a city in the east of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, near the border with the province of Santa Fe, on the intersection of National Routes 19 and 158. It is the fourth most populated city in Córdoba, with about 59,000 inhabitants, and the head town of the San Justo Department.
[edit] History
The original town was founded on 9 September 1886 by José Bernardo Iturraspe, as part of a colonization plan of the provincial government. The current location of the city is slightly south from that settlement and dates from 1888, when the railroads of the Córdoba Central Railway reached the area. The town was declared a city in 1915. A large portion of the city's population is made up of immigrants from the region of Piemonte in Italy, and their descendants.
The running water service came only in the 1940s. It was also at this time that the city was connected by Route 19 with the provincial capital (Córdoba) and with Santa Fe. The old tracks of the Central Córdoba were removed in the 1960s from what had become the city center, which was modernized.
UN/LOCODE is ARSFO.
[edit] Notable natives
San Francisco is the birthplace of:
- Former Ministry of Economy and presidential candidate Domingo Cavallo.
- Tango singer Abel Córdoba.
- Poet Rodolfo Godino.
- Tennis player Mariano Puerta
- Guillermo Acosta Economist
[edit] References
H.R.Stones, British Railways in Argentina 1860-1948, P.E.Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent, England, 1993.
- San Francisco Virtual — Portal and official website of the municipality.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- Córdoba Global
