The New International Encyclopædia/Santa Fé (capital)

SANTA FÉ. The capital of the Province of Santa Fé, Argentina, situated on an arm of the Paraná River at its continence with the Salado, 95 miles north of Rosario (Map: Argentina, E 10). It is a well-built city, with a modern aspect, and has several lines of street railroads. Its chief institutions are a large Jesuit college, a normal school, and a seminary. Railroads connect it with all the important cities of the Republic, and a short road runs to its port, Colastiné. The chief industry is ship-building, and the principal exports are lumber, wood, and cattle. Population, in 1895, 15,099; of the commune, 24,755.