Josefina is a commune located in the
Castellanos Department
The Castellanos Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Castellanos'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina
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of
Santa Fe Province
The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre R� ...
, in
Argentina
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. It is 130 km from the provincial capital of
Santa Fe.
History
The Santa Fe Provincial Railway (now, FC Belgrano Cargas) went from Santa Fe through Aurelia,
Rafaela, Lehmann,
Ataliva,
Humberto Primo
Humberto Primo is a town located in Castellanos Department in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. It is from the provincial capital Santa Fe, from Rosario, and from Buenos Aires
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,
Moises Ville, to San Cristobal. Another branch of the same company joined Pilar (Santa Fe), Rafaela, Santa Clara de Saguier, Josefina, as far as San Francisco in the Province of Córdoba.
The first settlers were Mateo Brizio and family, Miguel Visconti and family, Sebastian Aimar, Jorge Aimar. Soon the Burgas, Carle and Rivello families were added.
The commune was officially formed on 19 March 1886.
The commune is named after Josefina Rodríguez del Fresno, wife of the founder, Néstor Iriondo.
Another major feast day is celebrated on August 15 each year.
Patron saint
The patron saint is San José. His feast day, named "Tortonose" is celebrated on 19 March yearly.
Population
The population of Josefina proper is 1000 inhabitants as of 2001. The village of Acapulco, has approximately 2500 inhabitants
while in the rural area there are 450 inhabitants. The remainder are scattered throughout Josefina. Two of the main rural villages are Capilla Votero and Campo Almendra.
Sports
The following sports clubs are present in Josefina: Club Dep. Josefina, Club Social Dep. Josefina and Nueva Estrella.
Radio and television
There is an FM radio station - 93.5 Radio San José and the television station is Diario Josefinos.
References
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External links
Geographical coordinatesProvincial siteFederal site
Populated places in Santa Fe Province