Vera is a city in the north of the
province
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of
Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the head town of the
Vera Department and lies 256 km from the provincial capital (
Santa Fe). It has a population of about 20,000 inhabitants ().
The town was founded in 1891 by M. Leiva and E. Alemán, soon after the arrival of the
Ferrocarril Provincial de Santa Fe in February 1890, and became a city on 24 June 1954.
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Populated places in Santa Fe Province
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