Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz | ||
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City | ||
Dialing code +54 342 | | |
Website | santafeciudad.gov.ar |
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Spanish pronunciation:
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz is linked to Rosario (170 km (106 mi) 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 (340 km (211 mi) 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
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz was founded on the nearby site of Cayastá in 1573 by the conquistador Juan de Garay (1528-1583)[1] during an expedition which he led from
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
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Santa Fe rail station (1905), today the long-distance bus station
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Pedestrian San Martín Street
Climate
The city has a climate considered as
Rainfall can be expected throughout the year though summer is usually the wettest season.
Climate data for Santa Fe, SF (Sauce Viejo Airport) 1991–2020, extremes 1961–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 45.6 (114.1) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.6 (101.5) |
36.5 (97.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
38.6 (101.5) |
39.9 (103.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
44.0 (111.2) |
42.9 (109.2) |
45.6 (114.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
24.8 (76.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
0.2 (32.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 98.7 (3.89) |
117.5 (4.63) |
138.4 (5.45) |
127.9 (5.04) |
52.1 (2.05) |
33.3 (1.31) |
25.4 (1.00) |
32.2 (1.27) |
49.4 (1.94) |
114.8 (4.52) |
143.0 (5.63) |
143.1 (5.63) |
1,075.8 (42.35) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 73.9 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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68.5 | 72.9 | 75.0 | 78.5 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 77.4 | 72.0 | 69.1 | 70.2 | 67.4 | 67.2 | 73.3 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 288.3 | 240.1 | 241.8 | 195.0 | 176.7 | 150.0 | 179.8 | 210.8 | 210.0 | 235.6 | 267.0 | 266.6 | 2,661.7 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 9.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 |
Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 64 | 55 | 53 | 50 | 44 | 46 | 54 | 47 | 55 | 58 | 54 | 54 |
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[4][5][3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: UNLP (percent sun 1971–1980)[6] |
The city
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]
Transport
Railway
Despite having had four
In the 2010s, the local municipality remodelled both stations as Guadalupe would be terminus for a new urban train.[7][8] Nevertheless, the original project was not carried out. On the other hand, the Santa Fe Belgrano station was re-opened as a convention center.[9]
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.[10]
Railway stations in the city of Santa Fe are:
Name | Former company | Line | Status (passenger) |
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Santa Fe (Mitre) | BA & Rosario | Mitre | Closed (2007) 1 |
Santa Fe (Belgrano) | Central Northern | Belgrano | Closed (1993) 2 |
Guadalupe | Central Northern | Belgrano | Closed (1993) 3 |
Central Station | Prov. Santa Fe | Belgrano | Demolished (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.[8] 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
The city is also home to two
Notable natives
- Estanislao López, past Governor
- Carlos Thompson, actor
- Diego Bustos, journalist
- Norman Briski, actor and director
- Marcos Mundstock, actor and humorist
- Ariel Ramírez, musician and composer
- Ricardo Supisiche, artist
- Reine Flachot, cellist
- Liliana Bodoc, writer
- Osvaldo Bayer, writer
- Sergio Rubin, journalist
- Francisco Urondo, poet, writer and playwright
- Fernando Birri, film maker
- Carlos Baldomir, boxer
- Julio César Vásquez, boxer
- Carlos Delfino, basketball player
- Tayavek Gallizzi, basketball player
- Carlos Guastavino, pianist, composer
- Luciano De Cecco, volleyball player
- Victoria Mayer, volleyball player
- Germán Chiaraviglio, pole vaulter
- Arturo Kenny, polo player
- Rubén Rézola, sprint canoeist
- Santiago Grassi, swimmer
- Amelia Fournel, sport shooter
- Mario Schujovitzky, football player
- Enrique García, football player
- René Pontoni, football player
- Leopoldo Luque, football player
- Pedro Pablo Pasculli, football player
- Sebastián Battaglia, football player
- Juan Antonio Pizzi, football player, manager
- Carlos Reutemann, formula one driver and governor
- Alberto Armando, businessman and football manager
- Jorge Faurie, Diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Rogelio Pfirter, Diplomat
- Dominga Lucía Molina, activist
Sister cities
Santa Fe is
- Santa Fe Springs, United States (1960)[12]
- Ypacaraí, Paraguay (1978)[12]
- Cuneo, Italy[12]
- Montevideo, Uruguay[12]
Gallery
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(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.
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Santa Fe, Argentina
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Santa Fe, Argentina
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Santa Fe at night
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Santa Fe
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Santa Fe from afar
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Santa Fe Cathedral
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Santa Fe, Argentina
See also
- Category:People from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Paraná River steamers
- Argentine Littoral
References
- ^ 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."
- ^ "Guía Climática para el Turismo (Climate Guide for Tourists)" (in Spanish). Retrieved January 23, 2008.
- ^ a b "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Sauce Viejo Aero". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Datos bioclimáticos de 173 localidades argentinas". Atlas Bioclimáticos (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ^ "Acondicionan la Estación Guadalupe, en Santa Fe, con vistas al proyecto de tren urbano", El Litoral, 2010
- ^ a b "Puesta en valor de la Estación Guadalupe", El Santafesino, 18 Mar 2011
- ^ "Estación Belgrano" on Government of Santa Fe website
- ^ "Ferrocarril en Santa Fe"
- ^ 1990 World Championship for Men, Archive.FIBA.com, Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Asuntos Federales y Electorales". www.cancilleria.gov.ar. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
External links
- Official website of Santa Fe Municipality (in Spanish)
- Santa Fe, Argentina at Curlie
- Santa Fe, Argentina travel guide from Wikivoyage