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SANTA F$, a See also:city of See also:Argentina and See also:capital of the See also:province of that name, on the Santa Fe channel of the See also:Parana near the mouth of the Salado, about 299 M. N.W. of Buenos Aires. Pop. (1895) 24,755, (1904 estimated) 33,200. It is built on a sandy See also:plain little above the See also:river level. It is regularly laid out and contains a See also:cathedral, See also:bishop's See also:palace, See also:Jesuits' See also:college and See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church dating from 1654, the cabildo or See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall facing on the See also:principal square and provincial See also:government buildings. The town is less See also:modern in See also:appearance than See also:Rosario, and has a number of old residences and educational and charitable institutions. It is a See also:port of See also:call for small river steamers and is in See also:ferry communication with Parana on the opposite See also:bank of the Parana. Its See also:shipping port for larger steamers is at Colastine, on a deeper channel, with which it is connected by See also:rail. Santa Fe also has railway communication with Rosario, See also:Cordoba, See also:Tucuman and the frontier of the See also:Chaco.
Santa Fe was founded by Juan de See also:Garay in 1573, and was designed to secure See also:Spanish communications between See also:Asuncion and the mouth of the La See also:Plata. It has been the centre of much See also:political intrigue, but its growth has been very slow. In 1852 a constituent See also:congress met there, and in s86o a See also:national See also:convention for the revision of the constitution.
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