Santa Fe | |
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Province of Santa Fe Provincia de Santa Fe (Spanish) Provincia di Santa Fe (Italian) | |
Country | Argentina |
Departments | 19 |
Districts | 365 |
Municipalities and communes | 352 |
Capital | Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz |
Government | |
• Governor | Maximiliano Pullaro (UCR - JxC) |
• Legislature | Chamber of Deputies (50) Senate (19) |
• National Deputies | 19 |
• National Senators | Carolina Losada, Eduardo Galaretto, Marcelo Lewandowski |
Area | |
• Total | 133,007 km2 (51,354 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Population (2022 census[1]) | |
• Total | 3,556,522 |
• Rank | 3rd |
• Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
Demonym | santafesino |
GDP | |
• Total | peso 1,831 billion (US$39 billion) (2019)[2] |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
ISO 3166 code | AR-S |
HDI (2021) | 0.841 very high (13th)[3] |
Website | www |
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe is a province of Argentina. It is in the center-east of the country. Santa Fe's most important cities are Rosario, the capital Santa Fe, Rafaela, Villa Gobernador Gálvez, Venado Tuerto, Reconquista, and Santo Tomé.
In 1889 the National University of the Littoral was formed.
Cattle are important to the province for both meat and milk.