Tostado | |
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City | |
Location of Tostado in Argentina | |
Coordinates: 29°14′S 61°46′W / 29.233°S 61.767°WCoordinates: 29°14′S 61°46′W / 29.233°S 61.767°W | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | Santa Fe |
Department | Nueve de Julio |
Government | |
• Mayor | E. D. Fedele Briggiler (Justicialist Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,908 km2 (1,509 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 14,249 |
• Density | 3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi) |
Time zone | ART (UTC-3) |
CPA base | S3060 |
Dialing code | +54 3491 |
Tostado is a city in the northwest of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 334 km (208 mi) north-west from the provincial capital. It had about 14,000 inhabitants at the 2001 census [INDEC] and it is the head town of the Nueve de Julio Department.
The town was founded in 1891 and attained the status of comuna (commune) on 8 August 1904. It became a city on 31 December 1970.