Rosario Depairtment | |
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Depairtment | |
![]() Location o Rosario Depairtment athin Sante Fe Province | |
Coordinates: 32°57′S 60°40′W / 32.950°S 60.667°W | |
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Province | Santa Fe |
Heid toun | Rosario |
Area | |
• Total | 1890 km2 (730 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,342,301 |
• Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
The Rosario Depairtment (Spaingie: Departamento Rosario) is a admeenistrative subdiveesion (departamento) o the province o Santa Fe, Argentinae. It is locatit on the sooth o the province, wi its eastren border coincidin wi the provincial border alang the Paraná River. It haes a aurie o 1,890 km² an a population o 1.3 million, wi a population density o aboot 700 inhabitants/km². This depairtment is the maist populatit in the province (comprisin mair nor ane third o the total population).
The depairtment's heid toun is the ceety o Rosario; maist o the population is concentratit in its metropolitan aurie (Greater Rosario), which reaches north intae the neebourin San Lorenzo Depairtment. Ither important ceeties an touns are Ibarlucea, Granadero Baigorria, Funes, Pérez, Piñero, Zavalla, Pueblo Nuevo, Villa Diego, Álvarez, Villa Amelia, Acebal, Uranga, Arroyo Seco, Fighiera, an Coronel Bogado.
Limitin the Rosario Depairtment tae the sooth is the Constitución Depairtment (whose heid town is Villa Constitución) an tae the east an north, the San Lorenzo Depairtment (heid toun San Lorenzo). On the eastren border, alang the Paraná River, is the hert o the Industrial Corridor, a productive aurie wi a concentration o licht industries (such as soybean ile an pod processin) an major ports.
In Spaingie.