The San Lorenzo Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento San Lorenzo'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento
A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American
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'') of
Santa Fe Province
The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 28th ...
,
Argentina
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. It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the populous
Rosario Department
The Rosario Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Rosario'') is an administrative subdivision ('' departamento'') of the . It is located on the south of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paranà ...
and the
Paraná River
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in the east; and from there (going clockwise) with the departments of
Constitución (south),
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(east),
Iriondo (east and north) and
San Jerónimo (north).
The department has an area of 1,867 km² and a population of over 140,000 inhabitants. Its head town and most populated urban center is
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
(population 43,000). Other cities and towns are
Aldao,
Capitán Bermúdez
Capitán Bermúdez is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located within the metropolitan area of Greater Rosario, (north of Rosario, immediately north of Granadero Baigorria), on the western shore of the Paraná River. It had a popula ...
,
Carcarañá
Carcarañá is a city in the , located in the San Lorenzo Department, on the southern banks of the Carcarañá River, west of Rosario on National Route 9, and south of the provincial capital. As of the it has about 22,000 inhabitants.
Carcaraà ...
,
Coronel Arnold,
Fray Luis Beltrán,
Fuentes,
Luis Palacios,
Puerto General San MartÃn
Puerto General San MartÃn is a small city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina, located within the metropolitan area of Greater Rosario, about north from the center of the city of Rosario, on the weste ...
,
Pujato,
Ricardone,
Roldán,
San Jerónimo Sud,
Timbúes, and
Villa Mugueta.
The San Lorenzo Department includes important ports on the Paraná River, such as the city of San Lorenzo itself and Puerto General San MartÃn (which ships 50% of the
Argentine exports of
soybean
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). This area also forms part of the so-called Industrial Corridor that stretches south towards
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...
and reaches up to
San Nicolás de los Arroyos
San Nicolás de los Arroyos (usually shortened to ''San Nicolás'') is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the western shore of the Paraná River, from Rosario. It has about 133,000 inhabitants (). It is the administrative seat ...
.
References
Inforama- Municipalities of the San Lorenzo Department.
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Departments of Santa Fe Province