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SANTA FE

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SANTA FE , a central See also:province of See also:Argentina, bounded N. by the See also:Chaco territory, E. by Entre Rios and See also:Corrientes, S. by Buenos Aires, and W. by See also:Cordoba and See also:Santiago del Estero. See also:Area, 50,916 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 397,188, (1904 estimated) 640,755. Santa Fe belongs to the See also:great See also:pampa region of Argentina, and has no wooded districts in the See also:south except on the See also:river courses. In the N. which is borderland to the Gran Chaco region, there are extensive forests, intermingled with grassy See also:campos. The See also:surface is a level alluvial See also:plain, with a saline substratum at no great See also:depth. See also:Salt is found on the surface over large areas, and throughout the province the See also:water is brackish 15 to 20 ft. below the surface. The See also:soil, however, produces See also:wheat, See also:corn, See also:alfalfa, See also:linseed and other crops in abundance. Stock-raising (See also:cattle, horses, See also:sheep and See also:swine) is also an important See also:industry, with the related See also:industries of See also:butter and See also:cheese-making, See also:meat-curing and See also:lard-refining. Many colonies have been made, especially near the provincial See also:capital. It is one of the most productive provinces in the See also:republic, in spite of notorious misgovernment.

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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 See also:sand bars which are constantly changing their outlines. It receives two large tributaries flowing across the province—the Salado, the upper course of which is called the Pasage and Juramento (the last given to commemorate the circumstance that the See also:oath to wrest their See also:independence from See also:Spain was sworn on its See also:banks in 1816), and which enters the Santa Fe channel of the Parana near the capital; and the Carcarana, or Carcaranal, whose See also:sources are in the Cordoba sierras. The See also:northern districts are well watered by numerous tributaries of the Salado. The railway communications of the province are See also:good, comprising the See also:trunk lines of the Buenos Aires and See also:Rosario railway with its See also:extension to See also:Tucuman, which crosses the province from S.E. to N.W.; the Central See also: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 See also:southern boundary. The river ports having railway connexions are Reconquista, Santa Fe, Colastine, Coronda, Puerto See also:Gomez, See also:San Lorenzo, Rosario and See also: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, See also:Canada de Gomez and Villa Casilda.

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