province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
Castellanos Department
The Castellanos Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Castellanos'') is an administrative subdivision ('' departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-west of the province. It has about 162,000 inhabitants a ...
. It has a population of 99,150 per the .
The city was established in 1881 by Guillermo Lehmann, and officially became a city in 1913. The city has grown 22.2% between 1991 and 2001, and 18.6% in the last census period (2001-2011) according to the official data of the Population Census (
INDEC
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses ( es, link=no, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos; INDEC) is an Argentine decentralized public body that operates within the Ministry of Economy, which exercises the direction of all of ...
Wuhu
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Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela
The Autódromo Ciudad de Rafaela is a motor racing circuit in Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina built in 1952 and paved in 1966.
Owner
The venue – owned by Atlético de Rafaela – hosted the ''500 Millas Argentinas'' race until 1971. The US ...
race track.
Zoning of the city
The city is located in the western-center area of Santa Fe Province and has an area of . The design of most of the urban area of the city has a shape of a checkerboard with the main plaza (Plaza 25 de mayo) in the middle of the city and four main boulevards coming from there. The street grid of the city is composed by square blocks in most part of the neighborhoods, mainly in the historical and older part of the city.
The city has 37 neighborhoods and the downtown area (called Microcentro in Spanish) as the map of the city shows.
Role of citizen participation in planning
In 2008 the municipality of Rafaela created the Department of Administration and Participation (Secretaria de Gestión y Participación, SGP) and after that the government started implementing a process of Participatory budgeting, based on the successful case of
Porto Alegre
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. The main goal of this process is to consolidate and strengthen the importance of citizen participation in the public agenda.
The government of the city has implemented the method for three consecutive years. The first one in 2009 was completed; the one for 2010 is now in the stage of implementing the public works that resulted from the participation process; and the third project is in process (SGP, Municipalidad de Rafaela, 2011).
Climate
Notable people
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Hermes Binner
Hermes Juan Binner (June 5, 1943 − June 26, 2020) was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011.Rosario and former governor of Santa Fe province.
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Javier Frana
Javier Alberto Frana (born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and former tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open Mixed Doubles title with compatriot Patricia Tarabini.
Tennis career
Frana tur ...
, professional tennis player
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Ricardo Lorenzetti
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Sebastián Porto
Sebastián Porto (born September 12, 1978 as Sebastián Porco) is an Argentine professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently races in the Brazilian Moto 1000 GP Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR.
Career Early career
Born in Rafa ...
, former professional motorcycle racer
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María Emilia Salerni
María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in t ...
, professional tennis player
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Martín Basso
Martín Basso (born July 26, 1974 in Cordoba) is an Argentine racing driver. He has race in different series, with major success in Formula Three Sudamericana and TC 2000.
He also spent two seasons in the United States, driving in the Toyota A ...
, professional TC racer
* Lucas Aveldaño, professional soccer player
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Silvia Bertolaccini
Silvia Bertolaccini (born 30 January 1950) is an Argentine professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Bertolaccini was born in Rafaela, Santa Fe. She won the Argentine and Colombian amateur championships before turning professional and mo ...
, former LPGA professional golf player and current ESPN announcer for Latin America
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Denis Stracqualursi
Denis Andrés Stracqualursi (born 20 October 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Unión de Sunchales.
Career
Stracqualursi started his playing career in 2007 with Unión de Sunchales in the 3rd division ...
, professional soccer player currently at Everton F.C.
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Grillo Demo
Victor Hugo 'Grillo' Demo is an Argentine artist.
Demo left Argentina in 1978 and settled in Ibiza, Spain, where he continues his work. He is known for his jasmine paintings, depicting falling jasmine. Kate Moss, Madonna and Elle Macpherson
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, contemporary artist
* Axel Werner, professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF on loan from Atlético Madrid as a goalkeeper.
Fossano
Fossano ( pms, Fossan) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the fourth largest town of the Province of Cuneo, after Cuneo, Alba and Bra.
It lies on the main railway line from Turin to Cuneo and to Savona, and has a branch l ...
, Italy
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Sigmaringendorf
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