Map of the province of Santa Fe and its departments
Map of the province of Santa Fe and its departments.
Santa Fe is one of the 23 provinces that make up the Argentine Republic. At the same time, it is one of the 24 self-governing states or jurisdictions of the first order that make up the country, and one of the 24 national legislative electoral districts Its capital is Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz and its most populated city, Rosario. It is located east of the Central region of the country, bounded on the north by Chaco, on the east by the Paraná River that separates it from Corrientes and Entre Ríos, on the south by the Province of Buenos Aires and on the west by the Province of Córdoba and Santiago del Estero. With some 3,195,000 inhabitants in 2010 it is the third most populous jurisdiction of first order -behind the Province of Buenos Aires and the Province of Córdoba- and with 24 inhabitants/km², the fifth most densely populated jurisdiction of the first order, behind the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Province of Tucumán, the Province of Buenos Aires and Misiones.
The province of Santa Fe is divided into 19 departments.
Santa Fe is one of the 23 provinces that make up the Argentine Republic. At the same time, it is one of the 24 self-governing states or jurisdictions of the first order that make up the country, and one of the 24 national legislative electoral districts Its capital is Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz and its most populated city, Rosario. It is located east of the Central region of the country, bounded on the north by Chaco, on the east by the Paraná River that separates it from Corrientes and Entre Ríos, on the south by the Province of Buenos Aires and on the west by the Province of Córdoba and Santiago del Estero. With some 3,195,000 inhabitants in 2010 it is the third most populous jurisdiction of first order -behind the Province of Buenos Aires and the Province of Córdoba- and with 24 inhabitants/km², the fifth most densely populated jurisdiction of the first order, behind the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Province of Tucumán, the Province of Buenos Aires and Misiones.
The province of Santa Fe is divided into 19 departments.
| Department | Capital | Population (2010) | Area (km²) |
| Belgrano | Las Rosas | 41,449 | 2,386 |
| Caseros | Casilda | 79,096 | 3,449 |
| Castellanos | Rafaela | 162,165 | 6,600 |
| Constitución | Villa Constitución | 83,045 | 3,225 |
| Garay | Helvecia | 19,913 | 3,964 |
| General López | Melincué | 182,113 | 11,558 |
| General Obligado | Reconquista | 166,436 | 10,928 |
| Iriondo | Cañada de Gómez | 65,486 | 3,184 |
| La Capital | Santa Fe | 489,505 | 3,055 |
| Las Colonias | Esperanza | 95,202 | 6,439 |
| Nueve de Julio | Tostado | 28,273 | 16,870 |
| Rosario | Rosario | 1,342,301 | 1,890 |
| San Cristóbal | San Cristóbal | 64,935 | 14,850 |
| San Javier | San Javier | 29,912 | 6,929 |
| San Jerónimo | Coronda | 77,253 | 4,282 |
| San Justo | San Justo | 40,379 | 5,575 |
| San Lorenzo | San Lorenzo | 142,097 | 1,867 |
| San Martín | Sastre | 60,698 | 4,860 |
| Vera | Vera | 51,303 | 21,096 |