San Francisco (Cordoba)
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| location | 31 ° 26 ′ S , 62 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 104 m | ||
| Population (2001): | 58,779 | ||
| Agglomeration : | San Francisco - Frontera | ||
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 Cordoba
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| Department : | San Justo | ||
| Mayor: | Hugo César Madonna, UCR | ||
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| Postal code : | X2400 | ||
| Telephone code: | 03564 | ||
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San Francisco is located in the far east of the province of Cordoba in central Argentina . The capital of the department of San Justo has 58,779 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ) and is an important commercial center, as several important roads intersect here.
70 kilometers northwest of the city is the large salty lake Laguna Mar Chiquita , the most important tourist attraction in the region.
history
San Francisco was founded on September 9, 1886 by José Bernardo Iturraspe . From the time it was founded until the 1960s, mainly Italian immigrants from Piedmont came to the area. There are two versions of the origin of the city name. One relates to the existence of a nearby fortress named after San Francisco. The other version takes into account that the city founder named the place San Francisco after the name of his favorite brother .
Town twinning
- Pinerolo , Italy
sons and daughters of the town
- Guillermo Acosta , economist
- Domingo Cavallo (* 1946), economist and politician
- Abel Córdoba , tango singer
- Juan Pablo Francia (* 1984), football player
- Rodolfo Godino (1936-2015), poet
- Mariano Puerta (born 1978), tennis player
- Aldo Merlino , guitar maker
Web links
- Municipalidad de San Francisco (Spanish)
- IFAM population data (Spanish)