El Trébol is a small city in the San Martín Department, west-center of the
province
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of
Santa Fe, Argentina, 179 km from
the provincial capital. It has about 11,086 inhabitants as per the . Its foundation date is locally acknowledged as 15 January 1890 (the date when the first train arrived in town), though the official date in the provincial records is 17 April 1894.
The name of the city was a result of the
British
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involvement in the financing of the railroad system. The
Ferrocarril Central Argentino
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company named three consecutive train stations after symbolic plants of Great Britain:
Las Rosas Las Rosas may refer to:
;Argentina
*Las Rosas, Santa Fe
;Mexico
*Las Rosas, Chiapas
;Spain
*Las Rosas (Madrid Metro) See also
*Rosas (disambiguation)
Rosas or Las Rosas may refer to:
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(literally "The
Rose
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s", a reference to
England
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),
Los Cardos ("The
Thistle
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s", referring to
Scotland
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), and El Trébol ("The
Clover
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", a symbol of
Ireland
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).
References
Municipality of El Trébol- Official website.
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Populated places in Santa Fe Province
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