Tostado, Santa Fe

Tostado
City
Tostado

Location of Tostado in Argentina

Coordinates: 29°14′S 61°46′W / 29.233°S 61.767°WCoordinates: 29°14′S 61°46′W / 29.233°S 61.767°W
Country Argentina
Province Santa Fe
Department Nueve de Julio
Government
 • Mayor E. D. Fedele Briggiler (Justicialist Party)
Area
 • Total 3,908 km2 (1,509 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 14,249
 • Density 3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi)
Time zone ART (UTC-3)
CPA base S3060
Dialing code +54 3491

Tostado is a city in the northwest of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 334 km (208 mi) north-west from the provincial capital. It had about 14,000 inhabitants at the 2001 census [INDEC] and it is the head town of the Nueve de Julio Department.

The town was founded in 1891 and attained the status of comuna (commune) on 8 August 1904. It became a city on 31 December 1970.

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