Rufino is a city in the
province
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of
Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 19,211 inhabitants as per the . It lies on the southwest of the province, from the main
metropolitan area
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of the province
Greater Rosario, from the provincial capital
Santa Fe, near the borders with
Córdoba (west) and
Buenos Aires
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(south), on the intersection of National Routes
33 and
7.
The town was founded by Gerónimo Segundo Rufino in 1886, as the railway line that linked
Diego de Alvear, Santa Fe, to
Villa Mercedes, San Luis, was inaugurated. The plans for the new town were approved by the governorship of Santa Fe on 29 March 1889, which is acknowledged as the official foundation date.
Notable people born in Rufino
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Guillermo Coria, tennis player
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Miguel Rolando Covian, biomedical scientist
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Amadeo Carrizo, soccer player
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Ernesto Mastrángelo, soccer player
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Bernabé Ferreyra, soccer player
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Carlos Bulgheroni, businessman in Argentina's energy sector
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Federico Sturzenegger
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Santiago Chocobares, rugby player
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Bruno Báez, footballer
References
Municipality of Rufino— Official website.
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Populated places in Santa Fe Province
Populated places established in 1886
Cities in Argentina
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