Sastre, Santa Fe
Sastre | |
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  Sastre Location of Sastre in Argentina | |
| 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
Sastre is twinned with:
Alba, Piedmont, Italy (1988)
References
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- "Sastre, Santa Fe". Santa Fe provincial government.