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26-529: A 1580 expedition by Captain Juan de Garay , the founder of present-day Buenos Aires , resulted in land grants for an Adelantado , Torres de Vera, and a Regidor , Luis Gaitán. Melchor Maciel purchased the Gaitán heirs' land in 1619, and Maciel's widow, who remarried after his 1633 death, expanded her holdings to 24,000 hectares (60,000 acres). Following the death of their son, Luis Pesoa de Figueroa, in 1725, his widow divided

52-542: A climate considered as humid subtropical ( Cfa , according to the Köppen climate classification , with a Cwa tendency). Winters are generally mild, though minimum temperatures can fall below 0 °C (32.0 °F) on cold nights during the winter. Summers are generally hot and humid. During the most extreme heat waves , temperatures have exceeded 45 °C (113.0 °F). Temperatures have exceeded 35 °C (95.0 °F) in every season. Rainfall can be expected throughout

78-519: A company of eighty men, on an expedition to the Paraná River , during which he founded the city of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz . In 1576 he was appointed governor of Asunción. As governor, his primary objective was to foster peace and harmony by introducing justice and civilization among the indigenous populations. In pursuit of these aims, he took the initiative to establish Indian villages and implemented local governance systems. In 1580, having attained

104-602: A population of 653,073, making it the eighth largest in Argentina. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz is linked to Rosario (170 km (106 mi) to the south), the largest city in the province, by the Brigadier Estanislao López Highway and by National Route 11 , which continues south towards Buenos Aires . Córdoba is about (340 km (211 mi) west of Santa Fe, through the National Route 19 . Santa Fe

130-518: Is home to the Sauce Viejo Airport with daily direct flights to Rosario and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz was founded on the nearby site of Cayastá in 1573 by the conquistador Juan de Garay (1528-1583) during an expedition which he led from Asunción (in present-day Paraguay ) to the Paraná River . (Cayastá today has a historical park containing

156-598: Is situated in north-eastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel that connects it to the city of Paraná . The city is also connected by canal with the port of Colastiné on the Paraná River. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz has about 391,164 inhabitants per the 2010 census [ INDEC ] . The metropolitan area has

182-536: The Carcarañá River , near the ancient Sancti Spíritus Fort . The group was ambushed by Querandíes natives who killed Garay, the priest, a woman, and twelve of the soldiers. Garay had a daughter, Jerónima de Contreras, who married Hernando Arias de Saavedra , the governor of Rio de la Plata . In the oldest part of the town of Garay in Biscay is located a palace-baserri named Garatikua and built by Juan de Garay. In

208-544: The railway privatisation in Argentina ceased all the long-distance services in the country. In the 2010s, the local municipality remodelled both stations as Guadalupe would be terminus for a new urban train. Nevertheless, the original project was not carried out. On the other hand, the Santa Fe Belgrano station was re-opened as a convention center . The fourth station (also the oldest of all) had been built by French company Province of Santa Fe Railway in 1885. It

234-574: The 19th century, it was called "Garay-Goitia". According to García Carraffa, the Garay's coat of arms (gules with rampant lion in gold with a silver banner) indicates an origin from the noble Garay Family of Tudela (Navarra), already mentioned in the thirteenth century. Juan de Garay as a Biscayan had the title of knight, a title the "Fueros" granted to all the Vizcayans. The family had a certain economic and cultural level, it should be kept in mind that his uncle

260-555: The Port Railway opened a station in Villa Domínico in 1909. Driven by a wave of immigration in Argentina , the settlement grew quickly, and by 1910, was home to around 1,100 inhabitants. The Villa Domínico Community Development and Mutual Aid Society was established on August 28, 1910, and by their initiative, the first fire house was opened in 1912. The Church of San José was consecrated on April 23, 1918. The cities representative in

286-706: The Provincial Legislature, Fabían Onzari, succeeded in having a comprehensive flood control plan enacted for the area in 1923, and the network of canals and ancillary works, known as the Onzari Plan, was completed in 1929. The city became a bedroom community with a services-oriented economy in subsequent decades. Municipal information : Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish) Juan de Garay Juan de Garay (1528–1583)

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312-732: The city in 1853. Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz became the commercial and transportation center for a rich agricultural area that produces grain, vegetable oils , and meats. The city is the site of the National Technological University – Santa Fe Regional Faculty , Catholic University of Santa Fe (inaugurated in 1959), and the National University of the Littoral (first founded as the Provincial University in 1889, it adopted its current name in 1919). A suspension bridge

338-559: The city remained under water more than a week later. That year, the suspension bridge was reopened, and in 2008, the city's historic grain silos were converted into the Los Silos Hotel and Casino , and San Martín Street was converted to pedestrian use. The city's historical role in the Argentine Constitution led national lawmakers to choose it as the site of Constitutional Conventions in 1949 , 1957 , and 1994 . The city has

364-669: The estate into four equal parcels. Juan Estanislao Zamudio purchased three of the lots, and the fourth was donated by the widow to the Roman Catholic Dominican Order , who established the Convent of Santo Domingo. The Camino Real was extended south from Sarandí by order of the Real Consulado de Buenos Aires, and the pontoon bridge built to extend the road gave this area its first informal name: Paraje del Puente Chico (Little Bridge Outpost). Andrés Pazos bought much of

390-585: The grave of Hernandarias (1561-1634), the first American-born governor in South America.) The settlement was moved to the present site in 1653 due to the constant flooding of the Cayastá River. The city of Santa Fe became the provincial capital in 1814, when the territory of the province of Santa Fe was separated from the province of Buenos Aires by the National Constituent Assembly , held in

416-511: The improvement of the major highways and a subfluvial tunnel. Despite having had four railway stations , nowadays the city Santa Fe is not served by rail transport. The Mitre Railway station is no longer used since 2007, when defunct company Trenes de Buenos Aires cancelled its services to Santa Fe. Likewise, the Santa Fe Belgrano (built in 1891 and named Cultural Heritage) and Guadalupe stations had been entered into disuse in 1993 when

442-579: The land in 1820, and his rural home was counted in the 1838 census of Buenos Aires Province commissioned by Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas . Patricio Brown installed the first industrial establishment, a salted meat maker, in 1850. Jorge Domínico purchased the land in 1856. He sold a swath of land therein to the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway , which was completed in 1872. The first lots were sold to homesteaders on August 11, 1894. A neighboring landowner, Federico Gattemeyer, did likewise in 1908, and

468-546: The main city in the Paraná basin and its most important port. Later, he went on an expedition in search for the legendary City of the Caesars (1581-1582). Juan de Garay died near the Río de la Plata while travelling from Buenos Aires to Santa Fe on 20 March 1583; his group of 40 men, a Franciscan priest and a few women, entered an unknown lagoon and decided to spend the night on the banks of

494-485: The others adopt the mother's surname (which was very common at the time). He also had a family relationship with Juan Ortiz de Zárate, third "Adelantado" (advanced) of the Rio de la Plata. Santa Fe, Argentina Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanta ˈfe ðe la ˈβeɾa ˈkɾus] ; usually called just Santa Fe , lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city of the province of Santa Fe , Argentina . It

520-546: The rank of Capitan General of the Viceroyalty, he re-founded the city on the banks of the Río de la Plata , which was first established by Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 under the name of Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre , but was later destroyed by the natives. Garay founded Buenos Aires a second time on 11 June 1580. He landed on the riverbank in the location of Plaza de Mayo , calling the city Ciudad de la Trinidad and its port Santa Maria de Buenos Ayres . Buenos Aires would become

546-449: The year though summer is usually the wettest season. Thunderstorms can be intense with frequent lightning , powerful downdraughts and intense precipitation . The lowest record temperature was −7.0 °C (19.4 °F) on June 13, 1967, while the highest recorded temperature was 45.6 °C (114.1 °F) on January 25, 1986. There is infrastructure for tourism that has been developed: river side bars and nightclubs, chic restaurants,

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572-628: Was a Spanish conquistador. Garay's birthplace is disputed. Some say it was in the city of Junta de Villalba de Losa in Castile , while others argue he was born in the area of Orduña (Basque Country). There's no birth certification whatsoever, though Juan De Garay regarded himself as somebody from Biscay (a region from the Basque Country). He served under the Crown of Castille , in the Viceroyalty of Peru . He

598-469: Was appointed Judge and "Alcalde Mayor" of Segovia and his cousin attended the University of Salamanca. Juan joined the family of his uncle that was made by Pedro Ortiz de Zárate, his wife Catalina Uribe and Salazar and his cousins: Pedro Ortiz de Zárate, Ana Salazar and the youngest of the brothers Francisco Uribe. The three children bear different surnames, only the firstborn retains that of the father, while

624-536: Was completed in 1924, though severe flooding partially destroyed it in 1983 (a second bridge, the Oroño, was opened in 1971). The city's location is still not immune to flooding. On April 29, 2003, the Salado, which empties into the Paraná near Santa Fe, rose almost 2 m (6.5 ft) in a few hours following heavy rainfall, and caused a catastrophic flood. No fewer than 100,000 people had to be evacuated, and large sections of

650-486: Was demolished in 1962 and replaced by a bus station . Railway stations in the city of Santa Fe are: Notes: Santa Fe put itself on the international sports map as one of the host cities of the 1990 FIBA World Championship . The games were played in the Estadio de la Facultad Regional Santa Fe . The Estadio Ángel Malvicino was one of the venues of the 2002 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship . Santa Fe also hosted

676-626: Was governor of Asunción (present day Paraguay ) and founded a number of cities in present-day Argentina , many near the Paraná River area, including the second foundation of Buenos Aires , in 1580. In 1543 he sailed to Peru with his uncle Pedro de Zárate in Viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela 's first expedition. In 1561 he took part in the foundation of Santa Cruz de la Sierra . In 1568 he moved to Asunción where he attained political stature. The governor of Asunción sent him in April 1573, with

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