Esperanza, Santa Fe
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Esperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It had about 36,000 inhabitants at the 2001 census [INDEC] and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department.
Esperanza is at the heart of the most important dairy district of the country (milk production is based on the Holando-Argentino breed). Cattle farming is also a major activity. Additionally it hosts many small and medium industries in a variety of sectors (wood, metal mechanics, food products, book printing, editorials, textile, leather, etc.).
History
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Esperanza was the first formally organized
The city was the third one in the province to have a Municipal Council, after Rosario and Santa Fe, on 4 May 1861. It was declared the head town of its department in 1884. In 1892, it hosted the first Agricultural Congress of the Republic.
In 1944, the national government decreed that September 8, the feast of the birth of the Virgin Mary (patron of Esperanza), was to be the National Day of the Agricultural Worker, and in 1979 Esperanza was declared permanent seat of the National Festival of Agriculture and National Agricultural Worker Day.
Notable people
- Fernando Paillet, photographer
- Gastón Gori, essayist, writer
- Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer, writer and journalist
- Álvaro Alsogaray, politician
- José Pedroni, poet and writer
- Aldo Tessio, politician
- Hector Borla, visual artist
- Sebastian Spreng, visual artist
- Matías Donnet, football player
References
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- Municipality of Esperanza - Official website.
- "Esperanza, Santa Fe". Santa Fe provincial government.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)