Zavalla is a town (''comuna'') in the south of the
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 4,659 inhabitants per the . It is located on
National Route 33, immediately west of
Pérez
Pérez is a very common Castilian Spanish surname of patronymic origin.
Origins
The surname, written in Spanish orthography as , is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Pedro" ("Pero" in archaic Spanish), the Spanish equivalent of Peter (given n ...
, 22 km south-west of the center of
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...
, and 187 km south of the provincial capital
Santa Fe.
The settlement was born around a train station of the
Ferrocarril Oeste Santafesino railway company, built in 1883 under the sponsorship of
Carlos Casado del Alisal
Carlos Casado del Alisal (March 16, 1833 – June 29, 1899) was a Spanish Argentine businessman.
Life and times
Carlos Casado del Alisal was born in Villada, Palencia Province, Spain. He arrived in Santa Fe Province, Argentina in 1857, and in ...
. The town proper was founded in 1887, and the local government institution (a support commission) was formally created on 21 July 1898. Its name is an homage to the priest and politician
Manuel María Zavalla
Manuel may refer to:
People
* Manuel (name), a given name and surname
* Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...
.
References
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Populated places in Santa Fe Province
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