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Santa Fe, Argentina

{{short description|Capital city of Santa Fe Province, Argentina}}

{{Distinguish|Santa Fe Province}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz

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| subdivision_type2 = Department

| subdivision_name2 = La Capital

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1573

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| leader_party = Partido Socialista

| leader_title = Intendant

| leader_name = Juan Pablo Poletti

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| area_total_km2 = 748

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| elevation_m = 25

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| population_urban = 391,164

| population_metro = 653,073

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| postal_code_type = CPA base

| postal_code = S3000

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = +54 342

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Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz ({{IPA|es|ˈsanta ˈfe ðe la ˈβeɾa ˈkɾus}}; usually called just Santa Fe, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is situated in north-eastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies {{convert|15|km}} from the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel that connects it to the city of Paraná. The city is also connected by canal with the port of Colastiné on the Paraná River. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz has about 391,164 inhabitants per the {{census-ar|2010}}. The metropolitan area has a population of 653,073, making it the eighth largest in Argentina.

Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz is linked to Rosario ({{convert|170|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the south), the largest city in the province, by the Brigadier Estanislao López Highway and by National Route 11, which continues south towards Buenos Aires. Córdoba is about ({{convert|340|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Santa Fe, through the National Route 19. Santa Fe is home to the Sauce Viejo Airport with daily direct flights to Rosario and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires.

History

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Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz was founded on the nearby site of Cayastá in 1573 by the conquistador Juan de Garay (1528-1583)

[https://books.google.com/books?id=j7v0DwAAQBAJ The South American Republics], page 22 - "[...] it was not until 1573 that the Spaniards from Asuncion succeeded in founding a city south of the confluence of the Paraná and Paraguay. Santa Fé was the first Spanish settlement on the Plate in territory now a part of the Argentine Republic. [...] The man who led the creoles to the pampa was Juan de Garay, a Basque, who had been one of the soldiers in the army that conquered Peru."

during an expedition which he led from Asunción (in present-day Paraguay) to the Paraná River. (Cayastá today has a historical park containing the grave of Hernandarias (1561-1634), the first American-born governor in South America.) The settlement was moved to the present site in 1653 due to the constant flooding of the Cayastá River. The city of Santa Fe became the provincial capital in 1814, when the territory of the province of Santa Fe was separated from the province of Buenos Aires by the National Constituent Assembly, held in the city in 1853.

Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz became the commercial and transportation center for a rich agricultural area that produces grain, vegetable oils, and meats. The city is the site of the National Technological University – Santa Fe Regional Faculty, Catholic University of Santa Fe (inaugurated in 1959), and the National University of the Littoral (first founded as the Provincial University in 1889, it adopted its current name in 1919).

A suspension bridge was completed in 1924, though severe flooding partially destroyed it in 1983 (a second bridge, the Oroño, was opened in 1971). The city's location is still not immune to flooding. On April 29, 2003, the Salado, which empties into the Paraná near Santa Fe, rose almost 2 m (6.5 ft) in a few hours following heavy rainfall, and caused a catastrophic flood. No fewer than 100,000 people had to be evacuated, and large sections of the city remained under water more than a week later. That year, the suspension bridge was reopened, and in 2008, the city's historic grain silos were converted into the Los Silos Hotel and Casino, and San Martín Street was converted to pedestrian use.

The city's historical role in the Argentine Constitution led national lawmakers to choose it as the site of Constitutional Conventions in 1949, 1957, and 1994.

File:Ex estacion de omnibus belgrano.jpg|Santa Fe rail station (1905), today the long-distance bus station

File:Teatro municipal santa fe.JPG|Municipal Theater

File:Calle San Martín, Santa Fe, Argentina.jpg|Pedestrian San Martín Street

Climate

The city has a climate considered as humid subtropical (Cfa, according to the Köppen climate classification, with a Cwa tendency). Winters are generally mild, though minimum temperatures can fall below {{convert|0|C|1}} on cold nights during the winter. Summers are generally hot and humid. During the most extreme heat waves, temperatures have exceeded {{convert|45|C|1}}. Temperatures have exceeded {{convert|35|C|1}} in every season.{{cite web

| url =http://www3.smn.gob.ar/?mod=clima&id=30&provincia=Santa%20Fe&ciudad=Santa%20Fe |title = Guía Climática para el Turismo (Climate Guide for Tourists) |access-date= January 23, 2008 |language= es}}

Rainfall can be expected throughout the year though summer is usually the wettest season. Thunderstorms can be intense with frequent lightning, powerful downdraughts and intense precipitation. The lowest record temperature was {{convert|-7.0|C|1}} on June 13, 1967, while the highest recorded temperature was {{convert|45.6|C|1}} on January 25, 1986.

{{Weather box

|location = Santa Fe, SF (Sauce Viejo Airport) 1991–2020, extremes 1961–present

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 45.6

|Feb record high C = 40.9

|Mar record high C = 38.6

|Apr record high C = 36.5

|May record high C = 34.3

|Jun record high C = 30.9

|Jul record high C = 33.6

|Aug record high C = 38.6

|Sep record high C = 40.7

|Oct record high C = 41.0

|Nov record high C = 44.0

|Dec record high C = 42.9

|year record high C = 45.6

|Jan high C = 31.5

|Feb high C = 30.0

|Mar high C = 28.5

|Apr high C = 24.6

|May high C = 21.0

|Jun high C = 18.0

|Jul high C = 17.5

|Aug high C = 20.3

|Sep high C = 22.5

|Oct high C = 25.2

|Nov high C = 28.0

|Dec high C = 30.2

|year high C = 24.8

|Jan mean C = 25.7

|Feb mean C = 24.4

|Mar mean C = 22.6

|Apr mean C = 18.9

|May mean C = 15.5

|Jun mean C = 12.4

|Jul mean C = 11.5

|Aug mean C = 13.8

|Sep mean C = 16.3

|Oct mean C = 19.4

|Nov mean C = 22.2

|Dec mean C = 24.4

|year mean C = 18.9

|Jan low C = 20.1

|Feb low C = 19.1

|Mar low C = 17.6

|Apr low C = 14.0

|May low C = 11.0

|Jun low C = 7.9

|Jul low C = 6.7

|Aug low C = 8.3

|Sep low C = 10.6

|Oct low C = 14.0

|Nov low C = 16.5

|Dec low C = 18.7

|year low C = 13.7

|Jan record low C = 7.2

|Feb record low C = 6.2

|Mar record low C = 3.1

|Apr record low C = 0.2

|May record low C = -5.0

|Jun record low C = -7.0

|Jul record low C = -6.6

|Aug record low C = -5.0

|Sep record low C = -2.9

|Oct record low C = 0.2

|Nov record low C = 3.9

|Dec record low C = 5.6

|year record low C = -7.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 98.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 117.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 138.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 127.9

|May precipitation mm = 52.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 33.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 25.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 32.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 49.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 114.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 143.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 143.1

|year precipitation mm = 1075.8

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 7.0

|Feb precipitation days = 7.3

|Mar precipitation days = 7.1

|Apr precipitation days = 8.0

|May precipitation days = 5.0

|Jun precipitation days = 3.5

|Jul precipitation days = 3.2

|Aug precipitation days = 3.5

|Sep precipitation days = 5.4

|Oct precipitation days = 7.9

|Nov precipitation days = 7.7

|Dec precipitation days = 8.3

|year precipitation days = 73.9

|Jan humidity = 68.5

|Feb humidity = 72.9

|Mar humidity = 75.0

|Apr humidity = 78.5

|May humidity = 80.7

|Jun humidity = 80.7

|Jul humidity = 77.4

|Aug humidity = 72.0

|Sep humidity = 69.1

|Oct humidity = 70.2

|Nov humidity = 67.4

|Dec humidity = 67.2

|year humidity = 73.3

|Jan sun = 288.3

|Feb sun = 240.1

|Mar sun = 241.8

|Apr sun = 195.0

|May sun = 176.7

|Jun sun = 150.0

|Jul sun = 179.8

|Aug sun = 210.8

|Sep sun = 210.0

|Oct sun = 235.6

|Nov sun = 267.0

|Dec sun = 266.6

|year sun = 2661.7

|Jand sun = 9.3

|Febd sun = 8.5

|Mard sun = 7.8

|Aprd sun = 6.5

|Mayd sun = 5.7

|Jund sun = 5.0

|Juld sun = 5.8

|Augd sun = 6.8

|Sepd sun = 7.0

|Octd sun = 7.6

|Novd sun = 8.9

|Decd sun = 8.6

|yeard sun = 7.3

|Jan percentsun = 63

|Feb percentsun = 64

|Mar percentsun = 55

|Apr percentsun = 53

|May percentsun = 50

|Jun percentsun = 44

|Jul percentsun = 46

|Aug percentsun = 54

|Sep percentsun = 47

|Oct percentsun = 55

|Nov percentsun = 58

|Dec percentsun = 54

|year percentsun = 54

|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web

| url = https://ssl.smn.gob.ar/dpd/observaciones/estadisticas_normales_9120.zip

| title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 11 April 2023}}{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230708235600/http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/bitstream/handle/20.500.12160/2506/estad%C3%ADsticas_climatol%C3%B3gicas_normales_1991-2020.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

| archive-date = 8 July 2023

| url = http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/handle/20.500.12160/2506

| title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 1 August 2023

| year = 2023}}

{{cite web

| url = https://www.smn.gob.ar/estadisticas

| title = Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Sauce Viejo Aero

| work = Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| accessdate = 11 April 2023}}

|source 2 = UNLP (percent sun 1971–1980)

{{cite web

| url = http://www.arquinstal.com.ar/atlas.html

| language = es

| title = Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas

| work = Atlas Bioclimáticos

| publisher = Universidad Nacional de La Plata

| access-date = June 15, 2015}}

|date=August 2010

}}

The city

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Image:Costanera nocturna.jpg

Image:Puente colgante santa fe.jpg

There is infrastructure for tourism that has been developed: river side bars and nightclubs, chic restaurants, the improvement of the major highways and a subfluvial tunnel.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Transport

=Railway=

Despite having had four railway stations, nowadays the city Santa Fe is not served by rail transport. The Mitre Railway station is no longer used since 2007, when defunct company Trenes de Buenos Aires cancelled its services to Santa Fe. Likewise, the Santa Fe Belgrano (built in 1891 and named Cultural Heritage) and Guadalupe stations had been entered into disuse in 1993 when the railway privatisation in Argentina ceased all the long-distance services in the country.

In the 2010s, the local municipality remodelled both stations as Guadalupe would be terminus for a new urban train.[http://www.infrapublica.com/index.php/noticias/item/1400-acondicionan-la-estacion-guadalupe-en-santa-fe-con-vistas-al-proyecto-de-tren-urbano "Acondicionan la Estación Guadalupe, en Santa Fe, con vistas al proyecto de tren urbano"], El Litoral, 2010 Nevertheless, the original project was not carried out. On the other hand, the Santa Fe Belgrano station was re-opened as a convention center.[http://www.santafeciudad.gov.ar/ciudad/espacios_emblematicos/estacion_belgrano.html "Estación Belgrano"] on Government of Santa Fe website

The fourth station (also the oldest of all) had been built by French company Province of Santa Fe Railway in 1885. It was demolished in 1962 and replaced by a bus station.[http://www.paraconocernos.com.ar/?p=478 "Ferrocarril en Santa Fe"]

Railway stations in the city of Santa Fe are:

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! width=150px| Former company

! width=80px| Line

! width=130px| Status (passenger)

Santa Fe (Mitre)BA & RosarioMitreClosed (2007) 1
Santa Fe (Belgrano)Central NorthernBelgranoClosed (1993) 2
GuadalupeCentral NorthernBelgranoClosed (1993) 3
Central StationProv. Santa FeBelgranoDemolished (1962) 4

Notes:

  • 1 No longer active since TBA cancelled its services.
  • 2 ''Granted in concession to the Municipality of Santa Fe that remodelled it completely. The station re-opened as a convention center.
  • 3 Refurbished in 2011 by the Municipality to be terminus of an urban train.[http://www.elsantafesino.com/politica/2011/03/18/10432 "Puesta en valor de la Estación Guadalupe"], El Santafesino, 18 Mar 2011 Nevertheless, the project was not carried out.
  • 4 Also known as "La Francesa", it was demolished in 1962 to build a bus station.

Sports

Santa Fe put itself on the international sports map as one of the host cities of the 1990 FIBA World Championship.[https://web.archive.org/web/20230910203105/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/sid/2912/_/index.html 1990 World Championship for Men], Archive.FIBA.com, Retrieved 18 March 2016. The games were played in the Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe. The Estadio Ángel Malvicino was one of the venues of the 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship. Santa Fe also hosted the first ever Five-pin billiards World Championship in 1965.

The city is also home to two first division football teams: Club Atlético Colón and Club Atlético Unión, who contest the Santa Fe derby. Santa Fe was also the place where the world known Amílcar Brusa was born and raised, and the home of boxers Carlos Baldomir and Julio César Vásquez.

Notable natives

File:Mercedes Sosa, Félix Luna y Ariel Ramírez.jpg, 1972.]]

Sister cities

Santa Fe is twinned with:

  • {{flagicon|USA}} Santa Fe Springs, United States (1960){{cite web |url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.ar/portal/seree/dirfe/hermanamientos2.html |title=Asuntos Federales y Electorales |website=www.cancilleria.gov.ar |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527172830/http://www.cancilleria.gov.ar/portal/seree/dirfe/hermanamientos2.html |archive-date=27 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}
  • {{flagicon|PAR}} Ypacaraí, Paraguay (1978)
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Cuneo, Italy
  • {{flagicon|URU}} Montevideo, Uruguay
  • {{Flagicon|ISR}} Afula, Israel{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Gallery

File:Santa Fe Montage.jpg|(From top to bottom; from left to right) Panoramic view of the city; Municipal Theatre; Plaza Las Tres Culturas; Puente Colgante at night and the National University of the Littoral.

File:Santa Fe, Argentina 2019 (letras).jpg|Santa Fe, Argentina

File:Santa Fe Postal Panorámica.jpg|Santa Fe, Argentina

File:02_Facultad_de_Ciencias_Jurídicas_y_Sociales_de_la_UNL.jpg|Santa Fe at night

File:Puente carretero Santa Fe.JPG|Santa Fe

File:02_Laguna_Setúbal_de_Santa_Fe_y_la_bajante_histórica_del_Paraná_2021.jpg|Santa Fe from afar

File:Catedral_de_Santa_Fe.JPG|Santa Fe Cathedral

File:Parquedelsurmonteagudo.JPG|Santa Fe, Argentina

File:Trenurbano1.jpeg|Santa Fe Urban Train

See also

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References

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External links

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  • {{Official website|http://www.santafeciudad.gov.ar|2=Official website of Santa Fe Municipality}} {{in lang|es}}
  • {{Wikivoyage inline|Santa Fe (city, Argentina)|Santa Fe, Argentina}}

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Category:Populated places in Santa Fe Province

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