Armstrong is a city in the southwest of the

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of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 11,181 inhabitants as per the . It is located from the provincial capital Santa Fe, west of

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and from

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, on National Route 9 near the intersection with National Route 178. The economy of the area is based on

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, but Armstrong, together with nearby

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, have also become industrial centers focused on the manufacturing of

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for local use and

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. These two cities together are home to 20% of Argentina's productive establishment of said industry. Armstrong hosts an annual agro-industrial fair, '' Feriagro'', which gathers exhibitors and visitors from the whole country and abroad. The agro-machinery industry has boomed since the turn of the 21st century, as the Argentine economy recovers.

History

The area of the present-day town was under the jurisdiction of the

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in colonial times. It passed to Spanish landowners, then to British ones, and then to the

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company (CAR). Armstrong was started as a colony around a newly installed

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in 1882. At the time the area was occupied by a majority of

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. The name of the settlement was an homage to

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, a pioneer in the development of the CAR. The colony officially became a ''comuna'' (a small town commune) in 1886, and a full municipality on 16 November 1984.

Twin Cities

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References

municipalidad de Armstrong
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Feriagro
- Institutional website.

{{Authority control Populated places in Santa Fe Province