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{{otheruses}} {{placebox-begin}} {{city-header-ar|Rosario}} {{placebox-begin-data}} {{placebox-image|Monumento a la Bandera 9.jpg}} {{city-poli-ar|Santa Fe Province Santa Fe|Rosario Department Rosario}} {{placebox-area|178}} {{placebox-coor|32|57|S|60|40|W}} {{placebox-elevation|22.5–24.6}} {{placebox-people|910,000|rosarino}} {{placebox-density|5,112}} {{placebox-phone-ar|341}} {{placebox-postal-code-ar|S|2000}} {{city-authority|Miguel Lifschitz.html">Socialist Party (Argentina) Socialist Party}} {{placebox-image|Rosario, Argentina - Situation map.png}} {{placebox-end-data}} {{placebox-end}} '''Rosario''' is the largest city of the {{province|Santa Fe|Argentina}}, and the third most populous in the country, after Buenos Aires and CÃ³rdoba, Argentina CÃ³rdoba. It is located 310 km northwest of Buenos Aires, on the Western shore of the ParanÃ¡ River. Rosario is the head town of the Rosario Department and forms the core of Argentina's "CordÃ³n Industrial Industrial Corridor". Its suburbia and several neighboring towns form nearly an urban continuum, the Greater Rosario, with 1,121,441 inhabitants according to the {{census-ar|2001}}, making it the third-largest conurbation in the country. Along with ParanÃ¡, Argentina ParanÃ¡, Rosario is one of the few Argentine cities that cannot point to a particular individual as its founder. The city's patron is the ''Virgen del Rosario'' (feast day October 7). The city is a major rail transport railroad terminal and the shipping center for northeastern Argentina. Ocean steamers reach the city via the ParanÃ¡ River, which allows the existence of a 32-foot (unit of length) feet deep port. The Port of Rosario is subject to silting and must be dredged periodically (the river is soon to be further dredged up to a depth of 34 feet). Exports include wheat, flour, hay, linseed and other vegetable oils, maize corn, sugar, lumber, meats, hides, and wool. Manufactures include flour, sugar, meat products, and other foodstuffs. Rosario-Victoria Bridge A bridge running over the ParanÃ¡ River to connect Rosario with the city of Victoria, Entre RÃos Victoria was opened in 2003. Image:Rosario_desde_el_aire_1.jpg thumb|240px|right|Rosario viewed from a point above the ParanÃ¡ River

History
{{main|History of Rosario}} The permanent settlement of today's Rosario area began of the 17th century. There was no clear foundation date. The first landowner was Captain Luis Romero de Pineda, and the first formal colonial settlement was initiated by Santiago de Montenegro, who was appointed Mayor in 1751. Image:Monumento a la Bandera 2.jpg National Flag Memorial (Argentina) thumb|left|120px|The Eternal Flame and the Tower of the [[National Flag Memorial (Argentina)|National Flag Memorial.html" title="Meaning of National Flag Memorial.html" title="Meaning of thumb|left|120px|The Eternal Flame and the Tower of the [[National Flag Memorial (Argentina)|National Flag Memorial">thumb|left|120px|The Eternal Flame and the Tower of the [[National Flag Memorial (Argentina)|National Flag Memorial">National Flag Memorial.html" title="Meaning of thumb|left|120px|The Eternal Flame and the Tower of the [[National Flag Memorial (Argentina)|National Flag Memorial">thumb|left|120px|The Eternal Flame and the Tower of the [[National Flag Memorial (Argentina)|National Flag Memorial On 1812-02-27, General Manuel Belgrano raised the newly created Flag of Argentina Argentine flag on the shores of the ParanÃ¡, for the first time. Until the 1850s Rosario was a small village of 3,000 inhabitants, with its port banned from foreign trade by a 1841 decree of Juan Manuel de Rosas. On 1852-08-05 Rosario was declared a city after a request by Justo JosÃ© de Urquiza, who also opened up international trade. By 1880, Rosario had become the first export outlet of Argentina; in 1887 it had about 50,000 inhabitants. It was even declared the federal capital in three occasions, but each time it was vetoed by the Executive Branch. In the last 15 years of the century, the city more than doubled in population, in part owing to immigration in Argentina immigration. Demographic growth took its toll of bad living conditions, epidemics and labour exploitation. By 1926 Rosario had 407,000 inhabitants, 47% of them foreign, many brought from Europe in the wake of World War I. In 1946 Rosario massively supported Juan PerÃ³n's rise to power. The city received the benefits of the nationalization and subsidy subsidizing of many industries. PerÃ³n RevoluciÃ³n Libertadora was deposed in 1955. In 1969 workers and students took the streets to protest against the dictatorship (''Rosariazo''). During the Proceso de ReorganizaciÃ³n Nacional dictatorship started in 1976, hundreds of citizens were "desaparecidos disappeared" by the government. The city hosted some matches of the Football World Cup 1978. Image:Villa_miseria_(1).jpg thumb|200px|right|A ''villa miseria'' beside a railway track, in north-eastern Rosario. In 1983 Argentina returned to democracy democratic rule. Hyperinflation caused an economic collapse of the country in 1989. In Rosario there were episodes of looting. Under the Carlos Menem Menem administration the situation became worse as the industrial sector of the city was dismantled by foreign competition and the agricultural exports stagnated. In 1995 unemployment in the area reached 21.1%, and a large part of Rosario's population fell under the poverty line. Since then, ''villa miseria villas miseria'' (shantytowns) have grown, usually augmented by internal migration from poorer areas of the country (particularly Chaco Province Chaco); the last survey (1996) indicated the presence of 91 "precarious urban settlements", with 115,000 inhabitants. [http://www.lacapital.com.ar/2006/03/07/ciudad/noticia_275180..html] Since the recovery of the Economy of Argentina national economy that followed the Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002) 2001 collapse, Rosario's economic situation has improved. The boom in agricultural exports has caused a large amount of consumer spending and investment. Mayor Miguel Lifschitz's administration is taking advantage of the economic boom to invest heavily in public works, as well as public health (which takes up about a quarter of the whole budget).

Institutions
Image:UNR Facultad de IngenierÃa.jpg Universidad Nacional de Rosario thumb|right|180px|Faculty of Engineering of the [[Universidad Nacional de Rosario|UNR, on Pellegrini Avenue..html" title="Meaning of UNR.html" title="Meaning of thumb|right|180px|Faculty of Engineering of the [[Universidad Nacional de Rosario|UNR">thumb|right|180px|Faculty of Engineering of the [[Universidad Nacional de Rosario|UNR, on Pellegrini Avenue.">UNR.html" title="Meaning of thumb|right|180px|Faculty of Engineering of the [[Universidad Nacional de Rosario|UNR">thumb|right|180px|Faculty of Engineering of the [[Universidad Nacional de Rosario|UNR, on Pellegrini Avenue. Rosario is an important educational center on the national and international level. It is the home of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) since 1968, and of a regional faculty of the Universidad TecnolÃ³gica Nacional (UTN), which are both public and free; also the Universidad CatÃ³lica Argentina (UCA), the Universidad Austral, the Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano (UCEL) and the Universidad Abierta Interamericana (UAI), which are private institutions. Rosario is also seat of the football (soccer) soccer teams Rosario Central (founded 1889) and Newell's Old Boys (founded 1903). The city has three notable newspapers: ''La Capital'' (Argentina's oldest still-published newspaper, founded 1867), ''Rosario/12'' (founded 1991), and ''El Ciudadano & la RegiÃ³n'' (founded 1999). The city has several museums, among which are to be noted: the Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes "Juan B. Castagnino", the Firma y Odilio EstÃ©vez Municipal Decorative Art Museum Museo Municipal de Arte Decorativo "Firma y Odilio EstÃ©vez", the Dr. Julio Marc Provincial Historical Museum Museo HistÃ³rico Provincial "Dr. Julio Marc", the Museo de la Ciudad, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario Museo de Arte ContemporÃ¡neo de Rosario (MACRo). The Dr. Ã?ngel Gallardo Provincial Natural Science Museum Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Dr. Ã?ngel Gallardo" is being reconstructed after a fire in 2003, and there are projects to move the Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental, which currently shares a building with the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo in Buenos Aires, to Rosario. Image:Planetario Rosario.jpg thumb|left|180px|Rosario City Planetarium. Rosario has a public astronomical complex consisting on an observatory (inaugurated in 1970) and a planetarium (1984). It is located within Urquiza Park. There are four amplitude modulation AM radio stations: three private ones, ''Radio 2'' (''LT2''), ''LT3'' and ''LT8'', and one public, ''Radio Nacional Rosario'', property of the national state. Among the multitude of frequency modulation FM stations some notable ones are ''FM Vida'', ''EstaciÃ³n del Siglo'', ''RadiofÃ³nica'', ''ClÃ¡sica Rosario'', etc. As for television, Rosario has two private local television channel channels, Canal 3 and Canal 5 (the latter is part of the national network TelefÃ©), and a relay station for the public national station, Canal 7 Argentina. Besides, there are three cable TV networks (the national ones CablevisiÃ³n and Multicanal, and a local net, Cablehogar), which support two local channels, Canal 4 Noticias and Canal 6. Rosario is serviced by a number of public health centers: 5 municipal hospitals (including a children's hospital and an emergency hospital/trauma center) and a municipal outpatient-only center, plus 2 large provincial hospitals (Hospital Provincial de Rosario Hospital Provincial and Hospital Provincial del Centenario (Rosario) Hospital Centenario), and their associated primary care centers in the city proper and its metropolitan area.

Government
{{main|Government of Rosario}} Image:Palacio de los Leones.jpg thumb|right|200px|Palacio de los Leones Rosario is ruled by an Executive Branch represented by a Mayor (seat: Palacio de los Leones), and a Legislative Branch, consisting of a Deliberative Council (seat: Palacio Vassallo). The Mayor is elected for a four-year term. The Council renews half of its 21 members every two years. The city is divided into six large administrative Districts of Rosario districts (Center, North, Northwest, West, Southwest, and South), with Municipal District Centers that provide services to the citizens. Local people and institutions are pushing the provincial government to grant Rosario the status of autonomous entity#Argentina Autonomous City. Some, with the sponsorship of the governors of Santa Fe, Entre RÃos and CÃ³rdoba as well as other important politicians, have put forward a legislative project to move the Argentine National Congress National Congress to Rosario, to decentralisation decentralise the national government. Since the return to democracy in 1983, the Mayors of Rosario were Horacio Usandizaga, HÃ©ctor Cavallero, Hermes Binner, and the current one, Miguel Lifschitz (of the Socialist Party (Argentina) Socialist Party, elected in 2003, until 2007). The city does not have a police force of its own (it is served by the provincial police), but in 2004 it pioneered the creation of a special patrol force of unarmed officers called ''Guardia Urbana Municipal'' ("Municipal Urban Guard").

Geography and urban structure
{{main|Geography of Rosario}} Image:RÃo ParanÃ¡ desde el Parque Alem 1.jpg ParanÃ¡ River.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|200px|right|The [[ParanÃ¡ River from the north-east of Rosario, looking into the city center..html" title="Meaning of 200px|right|The [[ParanÃ¡ River">thumb|200px|right|The [[ParanÃ¡ River from the north-east of Rosario, looking into the city center.">200px|right|The [[ParanÃ¡ River">thumb|200px|right|The [[ParanÃ¡ River from the north-east of Rosario, looking into the city center. Rosario lies on the ravine of the right-hand shore of the ParanÃ¡, about 24 metre m above mean sea level, in a place with a natural slope to the low shore. The point of origin of the city is ''Plaza 25 de Mayo'' ("May Revolution May 25 Square"), now surrounded by the Municipality (''Palacio de los Leones''), the Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Central Post Office, the Decorative Art Museum and a building called ''La Bola de Nieve'' ("The Snowball"). Between the Cathedral and the municipal building is ''Pasaje Juramento'' ("Oath Passage"), leading to the Flag Memorial. The streets mostly follow a regular checkerboard pattern. Image:Avenida Belgrano.jpg floss silk tree.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|200px|right|Belgrano Avenue, near the Flag Memorial, with [[floss silk trees along its central reservation.html" title="Meaning of 200px|right|Belgrano Avenue, near the Flag Memorial, with [[floss silk tree">thumb|200px|right|Belgrano Avenue, near the Flag Memorial, with [[floss silk trees along its central reservation">200px|right|Belgrano Avenue, near the Flag Memorial, with [[floss silk tree">thumb|200px|right|Belgrano Avenue, near the Flag Memorial, with [[floss silk trees along its central reservation CÃ³rdoba Street begins in the Flag Memorial Park, climbs toward the center, and becomes a pedestrian walk for seven blocks, between Plaza 25 de Mayo and Plaza Pringles. Along CÃ³rdoba to the west there is the ''Paseo del Siglo'' ("Walk of the Century"), with former houses of wealthy families. There is also ''Plaza San MartÃn'', and elsewhere, ''Plaza Montenegro'' (on ''Peatonal San MartÃn'', the pedestrian-only four blocks of San MartÃn Street) and ''Plaza Sarmiento''. OroÃ±o Boulevard (going north–south) and Pellegrini Avenue (east–west) mark the boundaries of the town center together with the river. At their confluence starts the Parque de la Independencia, that houses the J. B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum, the Newell's Old Boys football club, and the sports clubs ''Provincial'' and ''Gimnasia y Esgrima'', as well as the horseracing horse racetrack and the former ''Sociedad Rural'' (Rural Society). Image:Perpetuo_Socorro_(1).jpg thumb|120px|left|''Parroquia del Perpetuo Socorro'', a church in the Lisandro de la Torre neighbourhood. Towards the south, beyond Pellegrini Avenue, there are two more boulevards, 27 de Febrero and SeguÃ, and avenues Uriburu, ArijÃ³n and Battle y OrdÃ³Ã±ez. To the west, after OroÃ±o, there are the avenues Ovidio Lagos and Francia, Avellaneda Boulevard and Provincias Unidas Avenue. The main ''barrios'' in the south are La Tablada, Parque Casado, Las Heras, Las Delicias and Las Flores. The city ends in the Saladillo Stream. Among the ''barrios'' in the west are Barrio Echesortu Echesortu, Barrio Belgrano (Rosario) Belgrano, TriÃ¡ngulo, Moderno, Godoy and Barrio Fisherton Fisherton. To the north-east there lie Barrio Pichincha Pichincha, LudueÃ±a, Barrio Lisandro de la Torre Lisandro de la Torre (home of Rosario Central's stadium) and Empalme Graneros. Next to the stadium there is the Parque Alem, and nearby the Sorrento thermal power plant. To the north lie the ''barrios'' of Barrio Alberdi Alberdi, La Florida (with a popular beach resort of the same name) and Rucci. The main streets are Alberdi Avenue and its continuation, Rondeau Boulevard (which leads to the Rosario-Victoria Bridge and the city of Granadero Baigorria). These are crossed by several avenues: Las Tres VÃas, GÃ©nova, Sorrento and Puccio. An important part of Rosario's urban character is its coastline. The city recovered the shore of the ParanÃ¡ not long ago, thanks to a reorganization of terrains formerly owned by the port and the national railroad system. Going from the center immediately north of the port, the coastline is occupied by parks: Parque Nacional a la Bandera, Parque de EspaÃ±a, Parque de las Colectividades and Parque Sunchales.

Municipal statistics
The municipality of Rosario comprises 178.69 kmÂ², of which 117 kmÂ² are urbanized, in 6,306 housing blocks. Of this area, 9.37 kmÂ² (5.3%) is devoted to green spaces (parks, boulevards, plazas), which gives over 10 mÂ² of green space per inhabitant. Electric power is supplied to the whole urban area. Running water reaches 97% of the population (about 350,000 homes). Natural gas is provided to 227,152 homes. [http://www.rosario.gov.ar/sitio/caracteristicas/estadistica1.jsp?nivel=Caract&ult=C_2]

Climate and natural hazards
The Rosario area has a ''Pampa Pampean'' temperate climate, with average temperatures of 23.4 degree Celsius Â°C (maximum) and 11.6 Â°C (minimum), and an annual rainfall of 1,038 millimetre mm. Snow is almost unheard of (the last instance was in 1973); serious earthquakes, hurricanes and volcano volcanic eruptions are virtually impossible.

Transportation
Image:Bus Rosario 1.jpg thumb|right|180px|An express interurban bus in downtown Rosario. :''See also the main articles: Rosario International Airport, Port of Rosario'' The city has about 40 urban bus lines, and several short-distance lines that serve the whole metropolitan area. The urban buses charge a relatively small fee (owing to the national government's heavy subsidies on fuel for public transportation), pre-paid by means of a disposable paper magnetic stripe card card with a magnetic stripe which can be bought from post offices, automatic vending machines, and private businesses. For emergencies, a larger fee can be deposited in cash, using a coin machine in the bus unit. The interurban lines have differential fees and some allow payment in cash only. Image:Terminal Mariano Moreno (Rosario) (2).jpg thumb|180px|right|The front door and clock tower of the Mariano Moreno Bus Terminal, on Cafferatta St., Rosario The urban bus fleet was partially renewed during the recovery of the national economy, since 2003; as of 2005 the average age of the buses is 5 years and 11 months. The better economic context has also induced an increased use of public transportation, and comparatively less use of bicycles. According to the [http://www.rosario.gov.ar/sitio/lugaresVisual/verLugar.do?id=2433 Rosario Transportation Office], in 2005 there were about 11 million bus trips per month. [http://www.lacapital.com.ar/2005/12/12/ciudad/noticia_253806.shtml] The Bus Terminal (''[http://www.terminalrosario.com.ar/ Terminal de Ã“mnibus Mariano Moreno]''), from which long-distance buses depart, is placed in a central geographic location, some 25 blocks from the "town center", in front of the ''Patio de la Madera'' complex. A secondary node is located in the center, on ''Plaza Sarmiento''. A bus trip from Rosario to Buenos Aires takes about four hours. In January 2006 the Terminal saw a daily average of 900 bus arrivals and departures (about 36,000 passengers). Rosario has a medium-sized taxicab taxi fleet, with units painted black and outlined in yellow. Some belong to radio-taxi companies and can be reserved by telephone; others only in the streets. As the economy of Argentina recovers, the capacity of the taxi fleet has been strained by higher usage. In September 2005, the Deliberative Council approved a moderate rise in taxi fees and the compulsory installation of radio-call systems in all taxi units. Image:Patio Parada Rosario 4.jpg thumb|left|180px|''Patio Parada'', base of operations of the NCA railway company. As a curiosity, Rosario has a large number of vehicles which run on natural gas, as it happens also in Argentina as a whole, and all gas stations provide it. Its price is quite low compared to the alternatives. The idea to transform all buses to this system did not prosper; most buses run on cheap (subsidized) diesel, and one line uses electricity from an aerial network. The Rosario International Airport Rosario Airport is located far from the urbanized area, some 13 km away from the center, partly in the municipal jurisdiction of Funes, Santa Fe Funes. After decades of stagnation, in recent years it has expanded its technical capacities and can now service international flights. The Port of Rosario, located on the shore of the southern part of the city, is dredged to a depth of 32 feet and can serve Panamax kind vessels. It is managed by an autonomous public entity that oversees a concession to a mixed Spanish-Argentine corporation. In 2003 its traffic amounted to 2.9 million tonnes. The passenger train system was severely damaged by the privatization of most railway companies in the 1990s, but is slowly recovering. The lines of the Nuevo Central Argentino railway company service most of the cargo.

Communications
Image:Telecom sede Rosario.jpg Telecom Argentina.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|right|200px|The base of operations of [[Telecom Argentina in Rosario.html" title="Meaning of right|200px|The base of operations of [[Telecom Argentina">thumb|right|200px|The base of operations of [[Telecom Argentina in Rosario">right|200px|The base of operations of [[Telecom Argentina">thumb|right|200px|The base of operations of [[Telecom Argentina in Rosario Rosario is located at the center of Argentina's optical fiber ring. The main data transport companies offer all their services in the city, from public phones to mobile telephone mobile networks and broadband Internet access through Digital Subscriber Line DSL, cable modem and Wi-Fi, and including public Internet navigation centers (Internet cafe cybercafes). About 86% of homes have a domestic telephone line, giving a total of 272,170 lines; cell phone usage has also become pervasive, as happened in Argentina as a whole since the beginning of the 21st century, reaching over 36% of the residents (330,000 mobile lines in July 2004). This demand, exacerbated by low prices and sale promotions, and coupled with restrictions on the installation of antennas and alleged lack of investment by the providers, sometimes degrades the quality of the service. Most notably, the mobile network collapsed almost completely in the celebrations of Christmas, New Year's Day and DÃa del Amigo Friend's Day in 2004 and 2005.

Culture
Image:Teatro El CÃrculo 1.jpg El_CÃrculo Theater.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|right|140px|[[El CÃrculo Theater on Laprida & Mendoza St..html" title="Meaning of right|140px|[[El CÃrculo Theater">thumb|right|140px|[[El CÃrculo Theater on Laprida & Mendoza St.">right|140px|[[El CÃrculo Theater">thumb|right|140px|[[El CÃrculo Theater on Laprida & Mendoza St. Rosario is characterized by an intense cultural activity in many art disciplines, with a national and international reach. The city has given Argentina important characters in the fields of music, painting, philosophical and political thought, poetry and prose, medicine, and law.

Notable people from Rosario
''This list is of course not exhaustive.'' *Artists and educators Leticia Cossetini and Olga Cossetini *Artists Antonio Berni, Gustavo Cochet and Julio Vanzo *Painter and sculptor Lucio Fontana *Sculptors Erminio Blotta and Guillermo Gianinnazzi *Writer Roberto Fontanarrosa *Revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara *Singer and actress Libertad Lamarque *Actors Alberto Olmedo and DarÃo Grandinetti *Singers and composers Juan Carlos Baglietto and Fito PÃ¡ez (also Liliana Herrero, who is from Villaguay, Entre RÃos, but moved to Rosario at 18) *Opera singers JosÃ© Cura and Felipe Romito *Chess grandmaster Gerardo Barbero *Politician Lisandro de la Torre *Football (soccer) coach Marcelo Bielsa *Football (soccer) players Javier Mascherano and Lionel Messi *Politician Rafael Bielsa

Language
Rosario is one of the main urban centers of the Rioplatense Spanish dialect. The intra-dialectal differences with Buenos Aires and other cities in the same area are minimal, though ''rosarinos'' are commonly believed to aspirate and suppress their final ''-s'' more than ''porteÃ±os'', and there are also minor lexicon lexical variants. The city has a local language game, sometimes employed as slang, called ''Rosarigasino'' (related to ''jeringozo'').

Holidays
* June 20: ''DÃa de la Bandera Nacional'' (Flag of Argentina National Flag Day). Commemoration of General Manuel Belgrano's death. National holiday. Military and civic parade at the National Flag Memorial, including the world's longest flag (more than 10 km long as of 2005), which is carried by citizens along the National Flag Park. * July 20: ''DÃa del Amigo'' (Friend's Day). This celebration of friendship is common throughout Argentina, but especially popular as a mass phenomenon in Rosario. * 21 September: Spring (season) Spring Day and Students' Day. National informal holiday for students and all young people. Even though the precise time of the astronomical spring equinox is variable, seasons in Argentina are conventionally deemed to begin on the 21st day of the corresponding month. People from Rosario usually gather at the city's parks, travel to nearby towns (notably Funes, Santa Fe Funes) or cross the ParanÃ¡ River to visit the island resorts. * October 7: ''DÃa de la Virgen del Rosario'' (Day of the Virgin of the Rosary, patron of the city). Catholic celebrations and procession. Local public holiday. This is a free day for schools and university students, municipal employees, and employees of the provincial state residing in Rosario. ''See also: Public holidays in Argentina.'' In addition to these official holidays, highschool students in the 2000s created a humorous observance, self-styled "holiday", called ''DÃa de la Chupina'' (roughly "Skip School Day"), which is celebrated on the last Friday of April by skipping class altogether and loitering in the downtown.

Events
* ''Festival Latinoamericano de Video Rosario'' (Rosario Latin American Video Festival). Annual event (September), starting in 1994. * ''Encuentro Internacional de Escultura en Madera-Piedra-Hierro de Rosario'' (International Meeting of Wood-Stone-Iron Sculpture in Rosario). Annual event (September/October), since 1993. * ''Encuentro y Fiesta Nacional de Colectividades (Rosario, Argentina) Encuentro y Fiesta Nacional de Colectividades'' (Communities Meeting and National Celebration). Annual event, starting in 1985, showcasing music, song, dance, cuisine and customs of foreign communities in Argentina, in the ample room provided by the ''Parque Nacional a la Bandera'' (National Flag Park). Usually held in November; in 2004 it was postponed to the beginning of December in order to avoid overlap with the Third International Congress of the Spanish Language. * ''Festival Internacional de PoesÃa de Rosario'' (International Poetry Festival). Annual event since 1993 (November). * ''Festival Iberoamericano de Cine de Rosario'' (Ibero-American Film Festival). Annual event since 2003 (November). * ''Leyendas'' ("Legends"). A cartoon, role-playing and science fiction convention. Annually since 1999, usually in autumn (April/May), sometimes in spring (November).

Sister cities
Rosario has a number of town twinning sister cities around the world. Sisterhood agreements are intended to foster solidarity and collaboration between cities and regions that share characteristics, historical links or common problems. See ''List of twin towns and sister cities in Argentina#Rosario List of twin towns and sister cities in Argentina''.

External links
{{commons|Rosario}} :''In Spanish unless otherwise noted.''
- Municipality of Rosario
- Rosario.com.ar: La GuÃa Comercial del Gran Rosario
- Turismo en Rosario
- Government of Santa Fe Province
- III Congreso Internacional de la Lengua EspaÃ±ola
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)
- Diario La Capital (newspaper)
- Diario El Ciudadano & la RegiÃ³n (newspaper)
- Rosario Alternativo ("Short stories for the illustrated traveller")
- Mercado de antigÃ¼edades Feria Retro (unofficial site)
- Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario (BCR) (commodities market) {{en icon}}
- Ente Administrador del Puerto de Rosario (ENAPRO) (Administrative Entity of the Port)
- CÃ¡mara de Comercio Exterior de Rosario (Foreign Trade Chamber)

Sources

- Municipalidad de Rosario - Historia (in Spanish)
- Municipalidad de Rosario - InformaciÃ³n geogrÃ¡fica (in Spanish) * {{ar-mi-muni|SFE264}} * {{ar-sf-inforama|863}} Category:Rosario Category:ParanÃ¡ River ca:Rosario da:Rosario de:Rosario eo:Rosario es:Rosario (Argentina) fr:Rosario id:Rosario, Argentina it:Rosario (Argentina) pl:Rosario pt:RosÃ¡rio (Argentina) no:Rosario, Argentina ro:Rosario sv:Rosario This category is for places, events, etc. related to the city of Rosario, provinces of Argentina province of Santa Fe Province Santa Fe, Argentina. (For people born in Rosario, see :Category:People from Rosario.) Category:Cities in Santa Fe Province

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