ROSARIO

 

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Its beginnings are attributed to a royal donation  registered around 1665, in the old  Pago de los Arroyos and nearby a humble chapel where an image of Nuestra Señora del Rosario used to be venerated. That concession gave origin to the building of a small colony, next to the  Paraná river, which happened to grow in a slow way.
However, there does not exist a foundation act of Rosario and, even though some people claim to have taken place in the year 1793, it is considered to be officially founded on October 7th, 1793. It was declared a city on August 3rd, 1852. 
This city is one of the main urban centres of the country.  Today, it shows the visitors its building progress and an urban plan that constantly modernizes and is characterized by its promenades and boulevards. 
Rosario has become a great commercial and industrial center. It is considered a first grade port, with large piers, and a point of convergence for a large quantity of the goods coming from the central and northern part of the country and Bolivia. It is worth seeing its trading dock and its grain elevators at work.
This urban development goes in accordance with its economic development that can also be  observed when walking along its avenues, promenades and parks; among which we can mention the Belgrano Park and Parque Nacional de la Bandera (the Flag's National Park), that encloses the monument in homage to our native insignia and its creator, the General Belgrano.  
Appart from all the above mentioned, it has to be added the excellent hotels, restaurants, discos, and theatres; attractives that turn it  into one of the main citites in the country.
 

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Location


Province of Santa Fe

Average Temperature
(Celsius) 
Summer

31º / 18º

Winter

17º / 6º

Population
(Inhabitants)

910.000

Distances
(Kilometres)
PROVINCE'S CAPITALS
Buenos Aires 295
Córdoba 400
Corrientes 739
Formosa 885
La Plata 354
La Rioja 850
Mendoza 871
Neuquén 1139
Paraná 214
Posadas 1050
Rawson 1473
Resistencia 719
Río Gallegos 2605
Salta 1196
S.F.V.Catamarca 825
San Juan 942
San Luis 620
S.M.Tucumán 895
S.S.Jujuy 1224
Santa Fe 184
Santa Rosa 632
Sgo. del Estero 738
Ushuaia 3191
Viedma 1199

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