San Justo is a city in the center region of the
province
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of
Santa Fe, Argentina, 99 km north from
the provincial capital. It had about 22,000 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the
San Justo Department.
Founded in 1868 by
Mariano Cabal, San Justo attained the status of a ''comuna'' (
commune) on 13 July 1887 and the following year the
Ferrocarril Provincial de Santa Fe arrived on 1 September 1888. It became a city on 17 September 1959. On January 10, 1973, the town was struck by a
destructive tornado.
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Populated places in Santa Fe Province
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