The Rosario Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento Rosario'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento'') of the . It is located on the south of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the
Paraná River. It has an area of and a population of 1.3 million, with a population density of about 700 inhabitants/km
2. This department is the most populated in the province (comprising more than one third of the total population).
The department's head town is the city of
Rosario; most of the population is concentrated in its
metropolitan area (
Greater Rosario
Greater Rosario is the metropolitan area of the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. This metropolis has a population of about 1.3 million (1,276,000 million inhabitants) thus being Argentina's third most populated urban ...
), which reaches north into the neighboring
San Lorenzo Department
The San Lorenzo Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento San Lorenzo'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the populous Rosario Department a ...
. Other important cities and towns are
Ibarlucea
Ibarlucea is a town (''comuna'') in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 4,402 inhabitants per the . It is located on National Route 34, immediately north-west of Rosario, forming part of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area, and south o ...
,
Granadero Baigorria,
Funes,
Pérez,
Piñero
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,
Zavalla,
Pueblo Nuevo,
Villa Diego,
Álvarez,
Villa Amelia,
Acebal,
Uranga,
Arroyo Seco,
Fighiera, and
Coronel Bogado.
Limiting the Rosario Department to the south is the
Constitución Department (whose head town is
Villa Constitución) and to the east and north, the
San Lorenzo Department
The San Lorenzo Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento San Lorenzo'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the populous Rosario Department a ...
(head town
San Lorenzo). On the eastern border, along the Paraná River, is the heart of the Industrial Corridor, a productive area with a concentration of light industries (such as soybean oil and pod processing) and major ports.
References
''In Spanish.''
Government of the Province of Santa FeInforama] - Municipalities of the Rosario Department.
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Rosario Department,
Departments of Santa Fe Province