Sastre is a town (''comuna'') in the west of the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of
Santa Fe, Argentina, 139 km west from
the provincial capital. It had about 5,500 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the
San Martín Department.
It is named after
Marcos Sastre, a renowned Argentine lawyer, writer, and educator.
Miguel Brascó
Miguel Brascó (14 September 1926 – 10 May 2014) was an Argentine writer, poet and translator, humorist, cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequent ...
, the noted Argentine writer and food critic, hails from Sastre.
Twin towns — sister cities
Sastre is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
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with:
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Alba, Piedmont
Alba ( pms, label=Piedmontese, Arba; la, Alba Pompeia) is a town and ''comune'' of Piedmont, Italy, in the Province of Cuneo. It is one of the main cities in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and M ...
, Italy (1988)
References
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:es:Sastre y Ortiz (Santa Fe)
External links
Sastre's map
Populated places in Santa Fe Province
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