- San Lorenzo Department
The San Lorenzo Department (in Spanish, "Departamento San Lorenzo") is an administrative subdivision ("departamento") of the province|Santa Fe|Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the populous
Rosario Department and theParaná River in the east; and from there (going clockwise) with the departments of Constitución (south), Caseros (east), Iriondo (east and north) and San Jerónimo (north).The department has an area of 1,867 km² and a population of over 140,000 inhabitants. Its head town and most populated urban center is San Lorenzo (population 43,000). Other cities and towns are Aldao,
Capitán Bermúdez ,Carcarañá , Coronel Arnold,Fray Luis Beltrán , Fuentes, Luis Palacios,Puerto General San Martín , Pujato, Ricardone, Roldán,San Jerónimo Sud , Timbúes, andVilla Mugueta .The San Lorenzo Department includes important ports on the Paraná River, such as the city of San Lorenzo itself and Puerto General San Martín (which ships 50% of the Argentine exports of
soybean ). This area also forms part of the so-called Industrial Corridor that stretches south towardsRosario and reaches up toSan Nicolás de los Arroyos .References
* [http://www.santa-fe.gov.ar/gbrn/inforama/distritos_departamento.php?dep=SAN%20LORENZO Inforama] - Municipalities of the San Lorenzo Department.
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