Rosario

Rosario
City & Municipality
From top, left to right: aerial view of Rosario Center District, Rosario Board of Trade, National Flag Memorial, Clemente Álvarez Emergency Hospital, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Oroño Boulevard, Rosario City Hall, Perpetuo Socorro Church, and Rosario-Victoria Bridge
Flag Coat of arms Brandmark
Nickname(s):  "Birthplace of the Argentine Flag", "The Argentine Chicago"[1][2]
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Coordinates: 32°57′27″S 60°38′22″W / 32.95750°S 60.63944°W / -32.95750; -60.63944
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Fe
Department	Rosario
Founded	1793
Districts	North, Center, South, Southwest, Northwest
Government
• Body	Municipalidad de Rosario
• Intendant	Pablo Javkin[1] (CREO Party)
Area
• City	178.69 km2 (68.99 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population  (2012 estimated)[3]
• Density	6,680/km2 (17,300/sq mi)
• Urban	1,276,000
Demonym(s)	Rosarían rosarino, -a
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$37.9 billion[4]
• Per capita	$23,700
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
Post code	S2000
Area code	0341
Website	rosario.gob.ar

Rosario (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈsaɾjo]) is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city, located 300 km (186 mi) northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most populous city in Argentina that is not a capital (provincial or national). With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 as of 2020^[update].^[5][6] One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical, Art Nouveau,^[7] and Art Deco architecture that has been preserved in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings.

Rosario is the head city of the Rosario Department and is located at the heart of the major industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major railroad terminal and the shipping center for north-eastern Argentina. Ships reach the city via the Paraná River, which allows the existence of a 10-metre-deep (34 ft) port. The Port of Rosario is subject to silting and must be dredged periodically.^[8] Exports include wheat, flour, hay, linseed and other vegetable oils, corn, sugar, lumber, meat, hides, and wool. Manufactured goods include flour, sugar, meat products, and other foodstuffs. The Rosario-Victoria Bridge, opened in 2004, spans the Paraná River, connecting Rosario with the city of Victoria, across the Paraná Delta. The city plays a critical role in agricultural commerce, and thus finds itself at the center of a continuing debate over taxes levied on big-ticket agricultural goods such as soy.

Along with Paraná, Rosario is one of the few Argentine cities that cannot point to a particular individual as its founder. The city's patron is the "Virgin of the Rosary", whose feast day is 7 October.