Sastre | |
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Coordinates: 31°45′S 61°50′W / 31.750°S 61.833°W | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | Santa Fe |
Department | San Martín |
Government | |
• Mayor | Maria del Carmen Brunazzo (Justicialist Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 289 km2 (112 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,534 |
• Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
CPA base | S2440 |
Dialing code | +54 3406 |
Sastre is a town (comuna) in the west of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 139 km west from the provincial capital. It had about 5,500 inhabitants at the 2001 census [INDEC] and it is the head town of the San Martín Department.
It is named after Marcos Sastre, a renowned Argentine lawyer, writer, and educator. Miguel Brascó, the noted Argentine writer and food critic, hails from Sastre.
Twin towns — sister cities
[edit]Sastre is twinned with:
Alba, Piedmont, Italy (1988)
References
[edit]- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- "Sastre, Santa Fe". Santa Fe provincial government.
External links
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