Santa Fé, a wealthy province of the Argentine Republic, stretching north from Buenos Ayres to 28° S. lat., and so embracing a considerable portion of the Gran Chaco. Area, 54,790 sq. m.; pop. (1895) 405,360. The province is well watered by the Paraná and its tributaries. Agriculture and manufactures are the important industries. The largest town is Rosario. The capital is Santa Fé, on the Rio Salado, by rail 7 miles from its port, Colastiné, on the Paraná. It has also railway connection with Rosario and Buenos Ayres, possesses tramways and telephones, and contains a normal school, a seminary, and a Jesuit college with 400 pupils. Pop. 15,099.
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