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Rosario

Rosario, Argentina's chief inland port, especially for grain,1 is on the Paraná River on the edge of Santa Fe State.2 In 2015 it had a metropolitan population of 1.429 million,3 with 1.194 million within the city limits.4 It has a monument to the national flag, which was designed and first raised here. In the 19th century it became Argentina's chief export port, and its population therefore grew. The city's two tallest skyscrapers are the Dolfines Guaraní Torre [Tower] 1 and 2 (427 feet, 2010.5

YearPopulation
1900 CE112,0006
2015 CE1,429,000 (metropolitan)3

Historical maps

map of Misiones, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Chaco, and Formosa provinces, 1900 CE, with Rosario marked

map of Misiones, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Chaco, and Formosa provinces, 2000 CE, with Rosario marked

External references

Skyline of Rosario, with the Paraná River in the foreground, in Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Footnotes

1. The Times Atlas of the Oceans (Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983), "commodity loading ports" map.
2. Santa Fe is Spanish for Holy Faith and refers to Christianity.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_American_metropolitan_areas_by_population, accessed February 25, 2019.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Argentina_by_population, accessed July 5, 2016.
5. Emporis.com, accessed March 13, 2019. The Rosario Telefe TV mast (2009) is higher at 633 feet.
6. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987), "Tables of the World's Largest Cities." In 1900 it was the largest city in northeastern Argentina.