SANTA FE

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SANTA FE , a central province of Argentina, bounded N. by the Chaco territory, E. by Entre Rios and

Corrientes

CORRIENTES
CORRIENTES (San Juan de Corrientes)

, S. by Buenos Aires, and W. by

Cordoba

CORDOBA
CORDOBA, GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE (1453–15.15)

and Santiago del Estero. Area, 50,916 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 397,188, (1904 estimated) 640,755. Santa Fe belongs to the

great

GREAT

pampa region of Argentina, and has no wooded districts in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

except on the river courses. In the N. which is borderland to the Gran Chaco region, there are extensive forests, intermingled with grassy campos. The surface is a level alluvial plain, with a saline substratum at no

great

GREAT

depth. Salt is found on the surface over large areas, and throughout the province the water is brackish 15 to 20 ft. below the surface. The soil, however, produces wheat, corn, alfalfa, linseed and other crops in abundance. Stock-raising (cattle, horses, sheep and swine) is also an important industry, with the related

industries

INDUSTRIES

of butter and cheese-making,

meat

MEAT

-curing and lard-refining. Many colonies have been made, especially near the provincial

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

. It is one of the most productive provinces in the republic, in spite of notorious misgovernment. The Parana forms its eastern boundary for about 435 m., and provides unfailing transport facilities. The great river is broken into many channels, forming islands and sand bars which are constantly changing their outlines. It receives two large tributaries flowing across the provincethe Salado, the upper course of which is called the Pasage and Juramento (the last given to commemorate the circumstance that the oath to wrest their independence from Spain was sworn on its banks in 1816), and which enters the Santa Fe channel of the Parana near the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

; and the Carcarana, or Carcaranal, whose sources are in the

Cordoba

CORDOBA
CORDOBA, GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE (1453–15.15)

sierras. The northern districts are well watered by numerous tributaries of the Salado. The railway communications of the province are good, comprising the trunk lines of the Buenos Aires and Rosario railway with its extension to Tucuman, which crosses the province from S.E. to N.W.; the Central Argentine from Rosario to Cordoba, and to Buenos Aires; the Cordoba Central; Santa Fe to Tucuman; and the Provincia de Santa Fe; a network of small lines connects all the important towns; and the Buenos Aires and Pacific which crosses near its southern boundary. The river
ports having railway connexions are Reconquista, Santa Fe, Colastine, Coronda, Puerto

Gomez

GOMEZ, DIOGO (DIEGO) (ff. 1440-1482)

, San Lorenzo, Rosario and Villa Constitucien. The capital is Santa Fe, and other important towns are Rosario, Esperanza (pop. 1904 estimated 10,000), San Lorenzo (7000), Rafaela, Ocampo, Galvez, Canada de

Gomez

GOMEZ, DIOGO (DIEGO) (ff. 1440-1482)

and Villa Casilda.

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