The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Santa Fé (Argentine Republic)

SANTA FÉ, a S. E. province of the Argentine Republic, bordering on the Gran Chaco and the provinces of Corrientes and Entre-Rios (from which it is separated by the Paraná), Buenos Ayres, Cordova, and Santiago; area, 20,000 sq. m.; pop. in 1869, 75,178. It is flat in the south and centre, and hilly in the north. Besides the Paraná, the principal rivers are the Tercero and the Salado; there are many small streams. There are numerous lakes, some of which are salt, and extensive forests. Wheat, maize, and tobacco are cultivated, and, with wax, honey, oranges, and other fruits, and skins, are exported in large quantities. The colonies established in this province are the most numerous and prosperous in the republic. The chief industries are agriculture and cattle rearing. (See Argentine Republic.) Of 20,002 children between the ages of 6 and 14 in 1869, 4,303 attended school. The province is divided into the departments of Santa Fé, San José, San Gerónimo, and Rosario. The capital is Santa Fé, a prosperous town with 10,670 inhabitants in 1869; and the chief town is Rosario, the second city in the republic.