Santa Rosa () is a city in the
Argentine Pampas
The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazi ...
(lowlands), and the capital of
La Pampa Province, Argentina. It lies on the east of the province, on the shore of the Don Tomás Lagoon, at the intersection of National Routes
5 and
35. The city (94,340) and its surroundings hold 102,610 inhabitants (),Census-ar 2.010 hold 124.101 inhabitants the capital y Toay around a third of the population of the province. Its current mayor is Leandro Altolaguirre.
Founded in 1892 by Tomás Mason, Santa Rosa did not develop into a relatively important agricultural centre until the second half of the 20th century. It is still one of the smallest provincial capitals of the country after
Patagonia
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n
Rawson Rawson may refer to:
Places
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*Rawson Department, Chubut, Argentina
*Rawson Department, San Juan, Argentina
**Villa Krause, also named Rawson, the capital city of the department
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,
Ushuaia
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and
Viedma.
City sights include the Fitte neighbourhood (1930), the monument to
San Martín, the Palace of Justice, the Teatro Español Theatre (1908), the Provincial Art Museum (with paintings by
Raúl Soldi
Raúl Soldi (27 March 1905 – 21 April 1994) was an Argentine painter and production designer whose work treated various subjects, including landscapes, portraits, the theater and the circus, and nature. His theatrical figures are renowned for ...
,
Antonio Berni
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,
Quinquela Martín and other important Argentine painters) and the Provincial Natural History Museum.
The
Santa Rosa Airport is located 2 kilometres from Santa Rosa on Route 35, and serves regular flights to
Buenos Aires
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.
Near Santa Rosa is the city of
Toay, together both cities form the ''Gran Santa Rosa'' metropolitan area.
Geography
![Plano Ciudad de Santa Rosa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Plano_Ciudad_de_Santa_Rosa.svg)
Santa Rosa was founded on the western edge of the
Argentine Pampas
The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazi ...
, in the range of contact of two different natural environments: the end of the plain and the beginning of the land of the Pampas broken valley.
The town occupies part of a centripetal basin having their base in Don Tomás Lagoon, where rainwater drains from the surrounding area. The floor area lies west of it, in hilly terrain where the highest elevations are in the east, with two small plateaus located 200 meters. This high turnover is also observed north, with heights up to 195 meters. From here the terrain descends to the west and south, with slopes that are steep in some areas, since more than 3%. The southwest sector is lower and less undulating area, descending to 167 masl.
Climate
Santa Rosa has a
humid subtropical climate (''Cfa/Cwa'', according to the
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
), with warm to hot summers and chilly, dry winters. The highest temperature recorded was on January 6, 1955 while the record low is on June 13, 1967.
Sport
The city is home to
football team,
Club Atlético Santa Rosa, Club Atlético All Boys and Club Atlético Belgrano.
Image:SantaRosaArgentinaChurch.jpg, Church in Santa Rosa, Argentina.
Image:MunicipalBuildingSantaRosaArgentina.jpg, Municipal Building, Santa Rosa, Argentina.
Image:SantaRosa006.JPG, Monument to José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or '' the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru'', was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and centr ...
, Santa Rosa.
References
External links
Santa Rosa Municipality(Spanish)
Department of Transportation*
(English)
{{Authority control
Populated places established in 1892
Populated places in La Pampa Province
Capitals of Argentine provinces
Populated lakeshore places in Argentina
Cities in Argentina