Santa Fe Province
Santa Fe | |
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| Province of Santa Fe Provincia de Santa Fe (Spanish) | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Santa Fe Province within Argentina | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Departments | 19 |
| Districts | 365 |
| Municipalities and communes | 352 |
| Capital | Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Maximiliano Pullaro (UCR) |
| • Vice Governor | Vacant |
| • Legislature | Chamber of Deputies (50) Senate (19) |
| • National Deputies | 19 |
| • National Senators | Carolina Losada, Eduardo Galaretto, Marcelo Lewandowski |
| Area | |
• Total | 133,007 km2 (51,354 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
• Total | 3,556,522 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 26.7394/km2 (69.2546/sq mi) |
| Demonym | santafesino |
| GDP | |
| • Total | peso 1,831 billion (US$39 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-S |
| HDI (2021) | 0.841 very high (13th) |
| Website | www |
Santa Fe, officially Province of Santa Fe (Spanish: Provincia de Santa Fe, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈfe], lit. "Holy Faith") is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero. Together with Córdoba and Entre Ríos, the province is part of the economico-political association known as the Center Region.
Santa Fe's most important cities are Rosario (population 1,193,605), the capital Santa Fe (369,000), Rafaela (100,000), Reconquista (99,000) Villa Gobernador Gálvez (74,000), Venado Tuerto (69,000), and Santo Tomé (58,000).