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López is an Argentinian locality and town in the San Jerónimo Department within the Santa Fe Province.
Contents
- Map of LC3B3pez Santa FC3A9 Argentina
- Population
- Geographic location
- The colonisation of the place
- Festival of the Tractor
- Sports
- References
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It is situated 100 km from the capital of the province, Santa Fe.
The commune was founded on 20 May 1896.
Population
It has 1,535 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), an increase of 1,467 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) over the last census.
Geographic location
López is the head of its communal district. Its area covers 13,000 hectares. The limits are: at the North Santa Clara de la Buena Vista. At the east, Loma Alta. And at the south Campo Piaggio and Loma Alta.
The colonisation of the place
The first colonists who settled the Lopez colony were tenants of Mariano López.
They were immigrants from the North of Italy, mostly from Piamonte. The first general census of Santa Fe, taekn in July 1887 confirmed that López population came from:
Total: 314 inhabitants
Festival of the Tractor
It was first made in October 2006; his main attraction is a big collection of ancient tractors in perfect condition and totally under way, most of them pertains to the Bressi family. This festival attracts a lot of people of the region and also of neighbouring provinces.
Sports
The football club of the town is the Argentinian Athletic Club of López that compete in the Football League of Esperanza. Natation