Rosario


Rosario, officially the Autonomous City of Rosario, is a city in central Argentina, in the south of the province of Santa Fe. Located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, it is the country's third-most populous city after Buenos Aires and Córdoba. With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 as of 2020. One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco architecture that has been preserved in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings. The city is also famous for being the birthplace of Argentine footballer Lionel Messi.
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 port. The Port of Rosario is subject to silting and must be dredged periodically. 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.
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Toponymy

Rosario owes its name to the devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary, whose image remains in the cathedral, on the same site where the chapel around which the settlement originated once stood.
In 1823, the settlement was granted the title of Ilustre y Fiel Villa, and from then on was known as Villa del Rosario. On August 5, 1852, with the support of General Justo José de Urquiza—it was declared a city and thereafter became known as Ciudad del Rosario, Rosario de Santa Fe, or commonly simply Rosario. Later, the word del was replaced by de, and the article el ceased to be used when referring to the city.
During part of the 20th century, the city’s official name was Rosario de Santa Fe. This designation has continued to be used in other provinces of the country to avoid confusion with other localities named Rosario, such as Rosario del Tala, Rosario de Lerma, and Rosario de la Frontera, among others.

History

Early settlement

Even though the city did not have a clear foundation date or any official acknowledgement thereof, most commentators state that Rosario was founded on 7 October 1793 with a local population of 457 inhabitants. Nonetheless, the town was officially declared a city on 3 August 1852, at the time it was known as Pago de los Arroyos, a reference to the several small rivers that traverse the southern region of Santa Fe, like the Ludueña Stream, the Saladillo Stream and others, emptying into the Paraná River. In 1689, captain Luís Romero de Piñeda received part of the lands of the Pago de los Arroyos by royal decree, as payment for services to the Spanish Crown. Before that, the area was originally inhabited by various indigenous tribes, some of which lived in reducciones, a type of mission founded by Franciscans. These missions were ultimately attacked and destroyed by hostile tribes of the Chaco region.
Romero de Piñeda established the first permanent settlement, an estancia — intended as farmland, not as a town. In 1719, the Jesuits bought another part and established Estancia San Miguel. The area was still so scarcely populated that it had no central authority; it was ruled from the provincial capital, and in turn from Buenos Aires.
In 1724, another colonial settlement was initiated by Santiago de Montenegro, who set up a mill, drew plans for the future town, built a chapel, and was appointed mayor in 1751. The area of control of this local government extended northward from today's Rosario; only in 1784 was it divided into two smaller jurisdictions.
On February 27, 1812, General Manuel Belgrano raised the newly created Argentine flag on the shores of the Paraná, for the first time. Because of this, Rosario is known as the "Cradle of the Argentine Flag". The National Flag Memorial marks the occasion.

19th century

The province of Santa Fe suffered greatly from the civil war that afflicted Argentina after 1820. Demographic growth was relatively slow. During this period, Rosario was a small settlement and a stop on the way from the city of Santa Fe to Buenos Aires. In 1823, it was elevated to the category of "village". Charles Darwin travelled through the area in 1832 and described Rosario as "a large town" with about 2,000 residents. In 1841, a decree of the caudillo and Governor of Buenos Aires, Juan Manuel de Rosas, banned navigation of the Paraná and Paraguay rivers to non-Argentine vessels, and thus shut off the Port of Rosario to foreign trade.
On 25 December 1851, a small group of locals and the military guard of the city declared their support for the rival caudillo Justo José de Urquiza. As a reward for their participation in the Battle of Caseros, triumphant Urquiza wrote to the governor of Santa Fe on 9 June 1852 asking for Rosario to be granted city status. Governor Domingo Crespo justified the request at the provincial legislative body, marking the geographically strategic position of the town for national and international trade, and on 5 August, Rosario was formally declared a city.
Urquiza opened up the river for free international trade. The city's economy and population expanded at an accelerated rate. By 1880, Rosario had become the first export outlet of Argentina. During the last 15 years of the 19th century, the city more than doubled its population, in part due to immigration. By 1887 it had about 50,000 inhabitants, of whom 40% were [Great European Immigration in Argentina|immigration wave to Argentina|European immigrants], who brought new ideas from Europe and began to turn Rosario into a politically progressive city.
During the second half of the 19th century, there was a movement promoting that the city of Rosario become the capital of the republic. Ovidio Lagos, founder of the oldest Argentine newspaper, La Capital, was one of the strongest proponents of this idea. Rosario was indeed declared the federal capital on three occasions, but each time the law was vetoed by the Executive Branch. In 1911, the French-owned railway company Ferrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano opened a line between Rosario and Puerto Belgrano, Argentina's main naval base. By 1926, Rosario had 407,000 inhabitants, 47% of them foreign, many coming from Europe in the wake of World War I.

Modern history

In 1969 workers and students took to the streets and organized strikes in what has been dubbed the "Rosariazo" against the dictatorship. A few years later, in 1976, the military dictatorship made hundreds of dissident citizens "disappear" in what is known as the Dirty War.
In 1983, Argentina returned to democratic rule, but in 1989, hyperinflation caused the economic collapse of the country. In Rosario there were riots and looting episodes. Under the Menem administration, the situation worsened as the industrial sector of the city was dismantled by foreign competition, and agricultural exports stagnated. In 1995, unemployment in the area reached 21.1% and a large part of Rosario's population fell below the poverty line.
Since the recovery of the national economy that followed the 2001 collapse, Rosario's economic situation has improved. The boom in agricultural exports has caused a large increase in consumer spending and investment. The Socialist Party has won mayoral races in the city in every election since Councilman Héctor Cavallero's 1989 election. Cavallero's successor, Hermes Binner, was elected Governor of Santa Fe in 2007 and became the runner-up in the 2011 presidential election on the FAP ticket. Mayor Miguel Lifschitz's administration, elected in 2007, took advantage of the economic boom to invest heavily in public works as well as in public health. Mayor Mónica Fein became, in 2011, the first Socialist woman elected mayor in Argentine history.
After the 1990s, Rosario became a major city of the illegal drug trade in Argentina, headed by a drug dealing family called "Los Monos". Early during 2018, it was estimated by national news sources that a turf war between local drug gangs was costing an average of one life every twenty five hours.
On 14 March 2020, the first confirmed case of the coronavirus pandemic appeared in the city.
Between 2021 and 2022, the city of Rosario was affected by smoke from intensive burning in the wetlands of the Paraná Delta, originating in the Department of Victoria, Province of Entre Ríos, on the border with Santa Fe. Environmental organisations also held various demonstrations in different parts of the city to demand a Wetlands Law, including blockades of the Rosario-Victoria Bridge.
In April 2022, pandemic restrictions began to be lifted, the use of face masks was no longer mandatory, entertainment venues such as nightclubs and cinemas reopened, large religious events were held, and the South American Games were held in Independence Park. On 18 December 2022, following Argentina's victory in the FIFA World Cup, a massive crowd estimated at more than 700,000 fans gathered around the National Flag Monument to celebrate the victory.
By March 2024, a series of murders had taken place in the town. It began on the 5th with the murder of a taxi driver, followed by the murder of another taxi driver the next day. Both incidents occurred in the south of the town, causing taxi services to be suspended. Then, on the 7th, a bus driver was shot and seriously wounded, dying days later at HECA hospital. On the same day, shots were fired at the town's 15th police station. On Friday the 8th, the Women's Day march was suspended, and raids were carried out in different parts of the city. Then, on 9 March, a petrol station attendant was murdered in cold blood at the petrol station on Mendoza Street at 7600. A bus strike was announced, and petrol stations did not operate at night. All these events are related to drug gangs operating in the city. On Monday 11th, the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, arrived in the city of Rosario, announcing the deployment of 450 gendarmerie officers.
A ordinance aproved by the Municipal Council in 27 November 2025, maked the city autonomus and no longer part of Santa Fé Province. A Stuatory Convention for 2027 was convened for the redaction the city Constitution

Geography

Rosario is located in the southeastern tip of the province of Santa Fe, within the Pampa Húmeda, and serves as an intermediate point for travelers moving between different regions of the country. It is 174 km from the city of Santa Fe, the provincial capital; 404 km to the northwest is the city of Córdoba; and 291 km to the southeast lies the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Federal Capital of Argentina. The urban area covers 178.69 km², of which 120.37 km² are urbanized.
The region’s terrain is characterized by undulating plains, with an elevation ranging from 22.5 to 24.6 meters above sea level.
The eastern boundary of the city is marked by the Paraná River; to the north, it borders the conurbated city of Granadero Baigorria; to the northwest, it borders the rural area of the Ibarlucea Commune; to the west, it borders the conurbated municipalities of Funes and Pérez. To the southwest, it is bordered by the conurbated locality of Soldini, and to the south, by the conurbated city of Villa Gobernador Gálvez, which is separated by the Saladillo Stream.

Climate

The climate of Rosario is humid subtropical. Outside the urban limits of Greater Rosario, it is classified as a temperate Pampean climate, meaning that all four seasons are well defined, although winters are quite irregular. During winter, cold, cool, mild, and very occasionally warm days can all occur. It is very common for winter months to include days when maximum temperatures exceed 20°C.
The absolute minimum temperature recorded was −11.1°C on June 13, 1967, while the absolute maximum temperature was 42.4°C on January 21, 1943; temperatures also reached 42.1°C on December 31, 1938, and 40.1°C on January 9, 2006.
Summers are warm, and high humidity can at times make the weather oppressive. There is a hot season from October to April and a cool and variable season from early June to mid-August. Average annual temperatures range from approximately 11°C to 24°C. Rainfall is greater in summer than in winter, with total annual precipitation between 800 and 1,300 mm, depending on the climatic cycle.
Snow is an exceptional phenomenon in the city. The last significant snowfall occurred on July 16, 1973, although sleet fell in some areas on July 9, 2007. Earlier snowfalls were recorded in 1918, 1928, 1935, 1941, and August 6, 1954.
A significant risk in the area is the occurrence of tornadoes and severe storms, as Rosario lies within the so-called tornado corridor. These phenomena mainly occur between October and March and are generated by the interaction between warm, humid air masses from northern Argentina and the Pampero, a cold, dry air mass from the south.
Hailstorms are a frequent severe weather phenomenon in the city. The most notable event occurred on November 15, 2006, when hailstones up to 10 cm in diameter fell, accompanied by strong wind gusts reaching 105 km/h, resulting in five fatalities and extensive damage.
Flooding occasionally affects some of the city’s lowest-lying areas. In March 2007, exceptionally heavy rainfall flooded parts of the city, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes and causing schools and factories to suspend activities.

Demography

According to data from the 2010 national census conducted by INDEC, the population of the city was 948,312 inhabitants. According to the 2022 census, the population of the Rosario Department, which includes the city and 23 additional localities was 1,348,725 people. This figure does not provide city-specific data and represents 37.36% of the total population of the province of Santa Fe. According to 2023 projections by the Municipality of Rosario, the population of the city was estimated at 1,045,741 inhabitants. Based on the most recent data released by INDEC from the 2022 census, the city of Rosario has a population of 1,029,619 inhabitants.
In addition, Rosario is the core of a larger urban agglomeration known as Greater Rosario, whose population extends into other localities within the same department and into the San Lorenzo Department, reaching 1,455,668 inhabitants, with 317,122 households in 305,487 dwellings. It is the third most populous urban agglomeration in Argentina, after Greater Buenos Aires and Greater Córdoba. The Rosario metropolitan area had 1,825,930 inhabitants according to statistical data provided by INDEC in 2022.
Within its political boundaries, the city of Rosario was the second largest city in the country until the mid-1970s. In the 1980 national census, Rosario became the third most populous city in Argentina for the first time, behind Buenos Aires and Córdoba. The same ranking applies to the urban conglomerate, where Rosario continues to rank third, after the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.
Approximately 71% of residents were born in the city of Rosario, 16% come from other provinces of the country, and 9% from other localities within the province; the remainder are foreign-born, primarily from neighboring countries. According to a study conducted by the Provincial Institute of Statistics of Santa Fe, based on data from the 2010 national census, immigrants from Paraguay surpassed those of Italian origin for the first time in census history, Italians having previously been the largest immigrant group across all known census records. Other significant migrant groups originate from Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay, among others.
The majority of Rosarians are descendants of overseas populations, mainly Italians, the largest ancestry group in Rosario, and Spaniards. Other important immigration waves included Poles, Russians, as well as British, Irish, French, Germans, Swiss, Greeks, Ukrainians, Croats, Turks, and Arabs.
In recent decades, Rosario has also received a significant flow of internal migration, primarily from the interior of Santa Fe Province, as well as migrants from the Chaco Province and from the Indigenous Toba/Qom people, many of whom migrate from conditions of extreme poverty in their places of origin in search of better opportunities in the city.

Districts

Rosario is divided into six districts, most named by location, although the easternmost is called Centre District for it includes the oldest part of the city, historically called Centro. The data given below are from the.
; Centre District
Population: 261,047 Area: 20.37 km2

Population density: 12,815 inhab/km2 Housing: 110,152 units
; North District
Population: 131,495 Area: 35.02 km2

Population density: 3,744 inhab/km2 Housing: 40,492 units
; Northwest District
Population: 144,461 Area: 44.14 km2

Population density: 3,273 inhab/km2 Housing: 41,740 units
; West District
Population: 106,356 Area: 40.21 km2

Population density: 2,645 inhab/km2 Housing: 31,625 units
; Southwest District
Population: 103,446 Area: 20.19 km2

Population density: 5,123 inhab/km2 Housing: 28,284 units
; South District
Population: 160,771 Area: 18.76 km2

Population density: 8,569 inhab/km2 Housing: 48,541 units

Crime

The year 2022 was considered the most violent year in Greater Rosario, with 288 violent deaths. Rosario was also regarded as the most violent city in Argentina, with a homicide rate of 22.01 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Government

Rosario is ruled by an executive branch represented by a mayor, and a legislative branch, consisting of a Deliberative Council. The mayor is elected for a four-year term, and the Council renews half of its 21 members every two years.

Municipal Centre District (CMD)

Since 1997, a municipal program of decentralization of legislative activities was carried out, materialized in 6 Municipal Centres of District.
The city is divided into six large administrative districts, with Municipal District Centers that provide services to the population.
For years, local people and institutions have been pushing the provincial government to grant Rosario the status of Autonomous City. Some, with the sponsorship of the governors of Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba as well as other important politicians, have put forward a legislative project to move the National Congress to Rosario, to decentralize the national government.
Since the return to democracy in 1983, the mayors of Rosario were Horacio Usandizaga, Héctor Cavallero, Hermes Binner, Miguel Lifschitz, and, since December 2011 to December 2019, Mónica Fein. Currently, the mayor is Pablo Javkin, whose term lasts from December 2019 to 2023. From Cavallero on, the mayor has been a member of the Socialist Party, since December 2019, Rosario's mayor is from a different political party, ending more than 30 years of socialism.
The city does not have a police force of its own, but in 2004 it pioneered the creation of a special patrol force of unarmed officers called Guardia Urbana Municipal, which was later used as a model for Buenos Aires and other cities.

Municipal statistics

The municipality of Rosario comprises, of which are urbanized, in 6,306 housing blocks. Of this area,, 5.3% is devoted to green spaces, which gives over 10 m2 of green space per inhabitant.
Electric power is supplied to the whole urban area and running water reaches 97% of the population. Natural gas is provided to 227,152 homes.
With the recovery of the national economy since 2002, the city experienced a real-estate boom. In the period 2003–2006, the construction sector added 2 million m2, investing about $900 million. Despite this increased supply, both price and rent have increased sharply compared to the values during the 1990s.
According to experts, this growth was propelled by the increased purchasing power of farmers around Rosario, helped by competitive exports, and the overall preference for safer investment options.

Health

Rosario has several public health centers: five municipal hospitals and a municipal outpatient-only center, plus two large provincial hospitals, and their associated primary care centers in the city proper and its metropolitan area.

Economy

Rosario is the centre of a metropolitan region whose economy is based on services and industry, generating the second-largest urban gross regional product of Argentina, after Greater Buenos Aires. The principal manufacturing sector is the agro industry, whose industries are placed in the northern and southern areas of Greater Rosario; the investments over the last decade have transformed Rosario into a major role of processing oil of the world. Many other sectors contribute to the diversified industrial offerings of the city. Rosario and its metropolitan area produce 20% of the cars, 4% of the domestic refrigerators, 80% of the machinery for the food industry and 100% of the auto bodies for long-distance buses made in Argentina.
Other important sectors include the petrochemical sector, with three plants located in the suburbs of San Lorenzo and Port San Martin; the chemistry sector, with plants for sulphuric acid, fertilizers, resins and other products; the cellulose industry; the meat industry; ironworks; auto parts; the plants and equipment for bottled oil; agricultural machinery; and the materials and equipment for the construction industry.
Worldwide international companies settled in Rosario include, among others, General Motors, Cargill, Unilever, John Deere, Petrobrás, ICI, Dow, Tenneco and Mahle.
The main financial bank at the city of Rosario is the Municipal Bank of Rosario. Its central offices are located in the financial district, on San Martín St., and there are several additional offices throughout the city. It is focused on small and medium enterprises and other organizations, especially through micro credits, and may be considered an "ethical bank."
The Municipal Bank was founded in 1896 to support the financial needs of the citizens and small businesses in the highly productive region of southern Santa Fe Province, centered in Rosario. At the time, the city had around 92,000 inhabitants and was already the most important port on the Paraná River. The idea of creating a municipal financial institution was expressed in 1893 by Mayor Floduardo Grandoli, citing the proliferation of "centers of usury" that exploited those in need of credit, especially the poor. Acting on this, the municipal Counseling Commission passed a bill dictating an "Organic Charter of the Municipal Bank of Loans and Savings Accounts;" the bank opened exactly one year later.
The seat of the bank was moved in 1905. Its name was changed to its present form on 14 May 1940 by a municipal bill. Its location was moved again, for the last time so far, in 1986. Following some political controversy, the bank in 2006 was capitalized by the municipality to comply with new regulations dictated by the Central Bank, and transformed into a joint stock company, with only 1% of the stock belonging to the municipal state. A special clause was added, dictating that this minimum share is unchangeable, to prevent hypothetical attempts at privatization.
The Rosario Board of Trade mainly deals in cereals and oilseeds. The banking sector includes the state-owned Municipal Bank of Rosario, with branches and offices throughout the city, and the central branch of the New Bank of Santa Fe.
The largest technological center in Argentina – Polo Tecnológico Rosario (PTR) – is located in Rosario within La Siberia site. The center focuses mainly on research and development of the three following areas: biotechnology, software development, and telecommunications. It currently employs 3,500 people, and it is expected to grow 100% by 2015 to become one of the largest in Latin America.

Culture

Rosario has many cultural activities in many artistic disciplines with national and international reach. The city has produced important personalities in the fields of music, painting, philosophy, politics, poetry, literature, medicine, and law. Among the city's important theaters are El Círculo, Sala Lavardén, Broadway, Astengo Auditorium, and La Comedia. A cultural complex known as Puerto de la Música, designed by the modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer, is to be built along the banks of the Paraná River. If completed, it will be one of the largest centers for musical performance in Latin America. In 2012, after years without progress, it was put on indefinite hold due to financial constraints.
The city has several museums, including Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum, Firma y Odilo Estévez Municipal Decorative Art Museum, Dr. Julio Marc Provincial Historical Museum, City Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario. The Dr. Ángel Gallardo Provincial Natural Sciences Museum was rebuilt after a fire in 2003 and re-opened at a new location in 2006. Rosario also has a public astronomy complex, located in Urquiza Park, which consists of an observatory and a planetarium.
The Fundación Italia is a cultural institution created in 1985 as a "cultural bond with Italy". It has organized a Neapolitan music concert, performances of Madame Butterfly and numerous talks about the present and future of Argentina. Among the people invited to give these talks were economists Domingo Cavallo and Alfonso Prat Gay, renowned scholars Beatriz Sarlo and Silvia Bleichmar, journalists Alejandro Rozitchner and Jorge Asís, filmmaker Fernando Solanas and former presidents of Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay.

Cultural centers

Theaters

Museums

Cinemas

Racecourse

The Independence Hippodrome opened on December 8 of 1901, when the first ride meeting was held.
The Hippodrome was located in the heart of the Parque de la Independencia and occupied a prominent place in the city's social scene. In 1919, construction began of the Popular Opinion. La Tribuna rose Partners in 1928. Moreover, it had started the construction of a new box office. In 1941, the Tribune Paddock was demolished. The final podium of professional construidaes, begun in 1972. Independence Hippodrome was the initiator in Argentina night time racing, with lighting facilities for this purpose. There's also the Jockey Club de Rosario.
; Tracks
The racecourse features three tracks that are used for entertainment, vacation, and skills.
The Main Track has of sand. This track is open on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for tests, with Sunday competitions.
The Assistant Track 1 has with sand, used on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays inclusive for the tournaments and some special courses such as race trot.
The Assistant Track 2 has of land used to jog and tame.
; Tribunes
  • Ex-Tribune Partners: with a privileged view of the oval track and focused, this building covers and three levels, the second is a restaurant seating 150 people.
  • Professional-Tribune, has a covered area of. On the ground floor is the technical area and the Commissariat sector.
  • Paddock-Tribune, has covered area of. It has a gambling parlor and a VIP room with a buffet area for the fans. It has the office of the Administration and the boxes for journalists.

Libraries

Landmarks

National Flag Memorial

The National Flag Memorial in Rosario is a monumental complex built near the banks of the Paraná River. It was commissioned in 1944 and inaugurated on June 20, 1957 – the anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, creator of the Argentine flag, who raised it for the first time on an island in the river on February 27, 1812.
The complex has a total area of about and was constructed using stone primarily sourced in the Andes. The structure was designed by the architects Ángel Guido and Alejandro Bustillo, and the monument was adorned with works by sculptors Lola Mora, Eduardo Barnes, Alfredo Bigatti, and José Fioravanti.
The Memorial has three parts: the Tower or mast, high, which commemorates the Revolution of May 1810 and houses Manuel Belgrano's crypt in its base; the Civic Courtyard, which symbolizes the effort of the organization of the state, and the Triumphal Propylaeum, representing the nation as organized after the 1853 Constitution. Under the Propylaeum there is the Honor Room for the Flags of America.
The complex faces Belgrano Avenue, and is delimited by Córdoba and Santa Fe Streets, the latter of which slopes down towards the river at this point. The Propylaeum can be accessed from the pedestrian passage called Pasaje Juramento, which starts at Buenos Aires St. between the municipal building and the Cathedral, in front of Plaza 25 de Mayo. Statues flank the passage by famous sculptor Lola Mora.
The Memorial and the National Flag Park located in front of it are the seat of the main celebrations of Flag Day on June 20. The 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the complex, in 2007, was marked by a special celebration and by the unveiling of a new lighting system.
will be a theater with a total capacity of 30,000 people located by the Paraná River.
Architect Oscar Niemeyer came up with the concept by expanding the show from inside the theater to a much larger outside audience. The concrete curvilinear shape building with an area of is the first design of Oscar Niemeyer in Argentina. The project will be a distinctive part of Rosario's skyline. Construction will begin at the end of 2010 and is expected to be completed by 2014.

Planetarium

Located in Urquiza Park, Rosario's Municipal Astronomical Complex is one of the principal astronomical centers of the region.
The planetarium has a core team, together with its secondary elements, providing an artificial image of the sky through projections made on a fixed hemispherical dome that functions as a display.
The assembly is installed in the Room "Oscar Claudio Caprile", located in the heart of the magnificent building that is shaped like a comet.
For its technical characteristics in terms of size, quality of sound and image, and interior comfort, this room is considered among the best in the world.
The building in the shape of a comet forms a part of the complex that includes the "Prof. Victor Capolongo" observatory and the experimental science museum.
The observatory
Municipal Astronomical Observatory "Prof. Victor Capolongo" was inaugurated on June 18, 1970, and named its first director.
The Observatory facilitates outreach, teaching, and research in the field of astronomy and related sciences and informs the public of phenomena that occur in the sky, such as eclipses, planetary configurations, passages of comets, etc.
To that end, the Observatory has installed two telescopes. One Coudé refractor has a aperture and focal distance provided with Lyot's monochromatic filter for solar observation. Another Cassegrain reflector has aperture, constructed by the Carl Zeiss company.
There are realized observations and astronomical photography of all the visible celestial objects in Rosario's sky, according to time of year and especially the Sun, the Moon, and the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus.
The asteroid 14812 Rosario was named in the city's honor as a result.
Experimental Science Museum
This museum was inaugurated on September 24, 1987. It is the first in Argentina and differs from traditional museums, in that it has equipment and instruments to demonstrate the laws of nature, which can be interactively used by the general public.
Thus, visitors of all ages can use telescopes and microscopes or experiment with lasers, sound mixers, radios of various types, computers, solar cells, etc.
To complement this, exhibit panels have photographs and explanatory texts of science and technology: mathematics and computer science, engineering, physics, astronomy, astronautics, geology, chemistry, and biology. In addition, an important area is intended for periodic samples, such as the Space Age, energy: renewable and rational use, from sand to glass, among others. The museum staff is supported by contributions from the Ministry of Science and Technology Office, the Municipality of Rosario, and the contributions made by institutions and individuals.
The museum audiovisual projections are made in the Video Sector Science, which has an area called "CIENCIANIÑO" for children aged 4 to 10. The museum works in the evening, similar to the Planetarium. Educational institutions at all levels are treated in shift assignments.

Statue of Che Guevara

The 4-metre-tall bronze statue of Che Guevara was unveiled on 14 June 2008 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of his birth. It is made from 75,000 bronze keys donated by Argentines nationwide and weighs 2.7 tons. The statue was made by artist Andrés Zerneri and is the first such monument to Guevara in his native Argentina.

Language

Rosario is one of the main urban centers where the Rioplatense Spanish dialect is spoken. Rosarian Spanish, although not substantially different from other variants of the same dialect, displays distinctive features that are easily recognizable to Spanish speakers from other major urban centers in the region. One of its most notable characteristics is the aspiration and deletion of the final “-s”, a process that is particularly strong in the city and is considered one of the most defining features of local speech. When the -s appears in implosive position—at the end of a syllable or word followed by a consonant—it is often realized as a soft, voiceless aspiration, and in popular speech it may disappear entirely.
As in Buenos Aires, voseo is used both pronominally and verbally. The pronoun tú and its associated verb forms are absent. In Rosario, however, there is no porteño tendency to add an -s to second-person singular verb forms. Differences in intonation are also present, with Rosarian speech generally perceived as more neutral or monotone than the porteño variants.
Although Rosarian vocabulary is similar to that of Buenos Aires, many terms and idiomatic expressions are shared with the interior of the country rather than with the capital, as well as expressions that are unique to the city, appearing in both formal and informal speech. These features are particularly noticeable in local slang.
Rosarigasino, or “gasó”, is a type of argot that originated in Rosario and became widespread in the city in the mid-20th century. It gained renewed popularity in the 1980s through the comedian Alberto Olmedo. This jargon is especially useful for preventing others from understanding private conversations. Although its use has declined over time, learning guides still exist, and today it is often used jokingly by Rosarians, as well as in the naming of businesses and for advertising purposes.

Gastronomy

The city of Rosario is home to a traditional dish known as the Carlito, a toasted sandwich made with ham and cheese, typically topped with ketchup. This sandwich originated with Rubén Ramírez, the former owner of a beer hall called Cachito, located in the Pellegrini area. In 2014, a proposal was made to declare the Carlito part of Rosario’s Cultural Heritage. Over time, variations of the dish have emerged, incorporating different cuts of meat such as lomito.
A distinctive feature of Rosarian cuisine is the use of river fish from the Paraná River, including boga, pacú, and surubí.
Rosario is also known as the capital of artisanal ice cream, with more than 70 establishments dedicated to this craft.
From the mid-2010s, vegetarian options began to emerge in Rosario, followed in later years by an increasing availability of vegan alternatives.

Urban structure

Centre District

At Rosario city center, Córdoba Street is the main avenue. It begins at the Flag Memorial Park, climbs towards the district area, and becomes a pedestrian walk for seven blocks, between Plaza 25 de Mayo and Plaza Pringles. Along Córdoba Ave to the west Paseo del Siglo was settled, with former houses of wealthy families, finally there is also the San Martín Square, and elsewhere, Plaza Montenegro and Plaza Sarmiento.
Oroño Boulevard and Pellegrini Avenue mark the boundaries of the town center together with the river. At their confluence starts the Parque de la Independencia, that houses the Juan 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 horse racetrack and the former Sociedad Rural.
Towards the south, beyond Pellegrini Avenue, there are two more boulevards, 27 de Febrero and Seguí, and avenues Uriburu, Arijón and Battle y Ordóñez.
To the west, after Oroño, 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 districts in the west are Echesortu, Belgrano, Triángulo, Moderno, Godoy and Fisherton. To the north-east there lie Pichincha, Ludueña, Lisandro de la Torre and Empalme Graneros.
Next to the stadium, there is the Parque Alem, and nearby the Sorrento thermal power plant. To the north lie the districts of Alberdi, La Florida, Parque Field and Rucci. The main streets are Alberdi Avenue and its continuation, Rondeau Boulevard. These are crossed by the avenues Las Tres Vías, Génova, Sorrento, and Puccio.
An important part of Rosario's urban character is its riverbank. The city recovered the riverbank of the Paraná 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 riverbank is surrounded by a large number of parks; Argentine flag Memorial, Parque de España, Parque de las Colectividades and Parque Sunchales.

Greater Rosario

Through the years, Rosario has spread in all directions. Towards the south, beyond Pellegrini, there are two more boulevards, 27 de Febrero and Seguí, and avenues Uriburu, Arijón and Battle y Ordóñez.To the west, after Oroño, there are the avenues Ovidio Lagos and Francia, Avellaneda Boulevard and Provincias Unidas Avenue. The main neighborhoods in the south are La Tablada, Parque Casado, Las Heras, Las Delicias and Las Flores. The city ends in the Saladillo Stream. This is just south of the great barrio Grandoli.
Among the neighborhoods in the west are Echesortu, Belgrano, Triángulo, Moderno, Godoy, and Fisherton.
To the north-east there lie the neighborhoods of Pichincha, Ludueña, Lisandro de la Torre and Empalme Graneros; these last three are in the influence area of the Ludueña Stream, now contained by underground piping, but until the 1980s a source of floods.
Next to the Rosario Central stadium, there is a large park, Parque Alem, and not far from it, there stands the Sorrento thermoelectric power plant. North of the Lisandro de la Torre neighborhood, there are Alberdi, La Florida, and Rucci.
The main streets in the north are Alberdi Avenue and its continuation, Rondeau Boulevard. These major arteries are crossed by several avenues: Las Tres Vías, Génova, Sorrento, and Puccio.

Transportation

Rosario's strategic location is destined to become a significant transportation hub and as the bi-oceanic corridor that links the State of Rio Grande do Sul, an important component in global distribution and the core center of a key corridor in the Mercosur, the Common Market for the South.
The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Rosario, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 50 min. 9% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 14 min, while 19% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 4.3 km, while 4% travel for over 12 km in a single direction.

Road transport

The Rosario public transport system includes buses, trolleybuses and taxicabs.
The Rosario trolleybus system consists of only one main trunk line. It is presently operated by a government-owned corporation, SEMTUR, as are some of Rosario's other urban bus lines.
Plaza Sarmiento is the hub of the city bus system, about 40 urban lines in the metropolitan area that provide service every 5 to 10 minutes.
Bus fares are pre-paid by means of either a rechargeable plastic card or a disposable paper card with a magnetic stripe which can be bought from post offices, automatic vending machines, and private businesses. For occasional use, a larger fare can be paid using a coin machine in the bus unit. The interurban lines have differential fares, and some allow payment in cash only. The municipal administration is phasing out the paper cards, in favor of the plastic ones, during the second half of 2012.
The urban bus fleet was partially renewed during the recovery of the national economy, since 2003, and consists of about 730 units. In 2005 the average age of the buses was five years and 11 months. Improvements in the economy have led to increased use of public transport and comparatively less use of bicycles. According to the Rosario Transportation Office, in 2005 there were about 11 million bus journeys per month, by 2007, usage has climbed to 420,000 people every day.
A significant number of buses run on natural gas, as it also happens in Argentina as a whole since the price of this fuel is quite low compared to the alternatives. The idea to transform all buses to this system did not prosper; most buses run on heavily subsidized diesel fuel.
In 2012 bus lanes were added to several pairs of parallel streets traversing the downtown area. Bus stops along these are spaced every three blocks instead of the usual two. For the most part, they leave room to only one additional, narrow lane on the left for cars and other vehicles. They can be used for taxis carrying passengers as well. They are exclusive for public transport during weekdays and on Saturday morning; stopping or parking on the affected streets is forbidden, as well as right turns. Their implementation attracted opposition from residents and shop owners but was well received by habitual bus users since they reduce the time needed to get out of the crowded central area by a noticeable amount.
Rosario has a medium-sized 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 the compulsory installation of radio-call systems in all taxi units, but this requirement has not been fulfilled.
Rosario is also a major hub for long-distance overland transportation from the Mariano Moreno Bus Terminal,, across from the Patio de la Madera Convention and Exposition Centre complex, about 15 blocks west of Plaza San Martin.
The transportation facility serves 73 bus companies in short, medium, and long-distance travel, carrying 1,100.000 passengers per month to 784 national and international destinations, which comprise most major domestic cities including Puerto Iguazú, Salta and Bariloche and international destinations such as Asunción, Paraguay, Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Montevideo, Uruguay, destinations may be long but white-clad chauffeurs handle comfortable long-distance coaches with modern conveniences.

Railway

Rosario was one of the main cities chosen by the British and French railway companies that built and operated some of the railways in Argentina during the 19th and early 20th centuries, with more than 15 stations operating in the city. When the entire Argentine railway network was nationalised during the presidency of Juan Perón, most of the stations were closed for passenger services to reduce costs, leaving only a few active.
After the railway privatization in the early 1990s during Carlos Menem's presidency, the passenger services were considerably reduced. The lines operated by Nuevo Central Argentino handle most of the cargo. Additionally, two private companies provided limited passenger services to several major cities. Trenes de Buenos Aires ran weekly trains south to Retiro in Buenos Aires and north to Santa Fe. The company Ferrocentral also operated weekly trains south to Buenos Aires and northwest to Córdoba and Tucumán.
Nowadays, passenger services to Rosario are being operated by state-owned company Trenes Argentinos, running trains to Rosario Norte with stop in Rosario Sur.
The other station in the main district, Rosario Oeste, used to concentrate all the passenger services when railways were nationalised in 1948, but currently operates for freight trains only.
As of June 2021, only two stations remain active for passenger services in the city. The following chart describes the total of existing railway stations in Rosario:
StationOriginal companyStatusCurrent operator
RosarioCentral CórdobaBelgranoClosed —
Rosario CentralCentral ArgentineMitreClosed —
Rosario NorteBA & RosarioMitreActiveTrenes Argentinos
Rosario OesteCentral CórdobaBelgranoClosed —
RosarioSanta Fe WesternMitreClosed —
RosarioProv. Santa FeBelgranoClosed —
Rosario SurFerrocarriles ArgentinosMitreActiveTrenes Argentinos
RosarioRosario & Pto. BelgranoMitreClosed —
Antártida ArgentinaCentral ArgentineMitreClosed —
Barrio VilaCentral ArgentineMitreClosed —
Cruce AlberdiCentral ArgentineMitreClosed Trenes Argentinos
El GauchoCentral CórdobaBelgranoClosed —
Empalme GranerosCentral CórdobaBelgranoClosed —
LudueñaCentral ArgentineMitreClosed Trenes Argentinos
Nuevo AlberdiCentral CórdobaBelgranoClosed —
SarrateaBA & RosarioMitreClosed —
SorrentoCentral CórdobaBelgranoClosed —

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Projects

There was a project to build a high-speed train between Buenos Aires-Rosario-Córdoba, scheduled to be started in 2008, with an inauguration in 2012, that would join Rosario and Buenos Aires in 85 minutes, and would reach Córdoba in another 90 minutes at speeds of up to. However it never was constructed and the project was finally suspended after the controversy it generated among the citizens and the media critics because of the high costs it implicated.

Trams

The city once had a large tramway network with 192 km of track in the centre of the city, however this was abandoned in 1963 after fierce competition from bus transport in the city. The city now has two heritage tramways, one of which uses vintage trams converted to run on rubber tyres, while the other uses the original trams from the city refurbished to run on rails.
More recently, a metro system was proposed for the city, though this was shelved in favour of a new urban tramway network. The network is currently in the bidding process, with large firms like Siemens and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China bidding for its construction. It is expected to begin at the recently inaugurated Rosario Sur Station and run northwards through the city.

Roadways

Rosario is linked to the rest of the country by a number of roads: the Aramburu Highway, National Route 9, the Brigadier Estanislao López Highway, National Route 11, National Route 33, National Route 34, and National Route 174.
It is surrounded with an extensive system of two belt-highways called Circunvalación Motorway and A012 which in turn set the limits of the city.
The beltway is and was built for traffic to avoid the congested city centre, allowing drivers to bypass the city going around it in a much shorter time.
In its length, it intersects with National Route 9, National Route 3, National Route 34, National Route 11 and National Route 174.
The official numbering system denotes this road as "A008" but this denomination is mostly unknown by the locals as it is still called "Avenida de Circunvalación 25 de Mayo" commemorating the May Revolution of 1810. Some sections are named after different personalities by local decree. For example:
  • The section from the east end on 27 Boulevard to the crossing of Ayacucho Street, is called "National Route A008 Tte. General Juan Carlos Sánchez" by decree #232 of 14 May 1981.
  • The section between National Route 9 and the exit to Santa Fe National Route 11 on the intersection with Rondeau Boulevard is called "National Route A008 Dr. Constantino Razzetti" by law #25769 of 1 September 2003.
The A012 is the second beltway at the southeast of the city. It has a semi-circular length centered around the city, running as a long-length beltway. From the National Route 9 junction on km marker 278, in the town of Esther, to the junction with National Route 11 on km marker 326 in the city of San Lorenzo it runs for.
This road is popularly known as the Second Rosario Beltway, as it borders the metropolitan area of greater Rosario.
Through National Decree 1595 of 1979 this road switched to federal control. Beforehand this road was called Provincial Route 16.

Airports

The Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport is located west-northwest from the center of Rosario, a city in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. The city of Funes lies directly to the west of the airport, and part of the city limit shares a border with the property of the airport grounds. The airport covers an area of and is operated by the Province of Santa Fe.
The airport serves the Greater Rosario area and is the main hub for Sol Líneas Aéreas and is also served by Aerolíneas Argentinas, Copa and Gol Transportes Aéreos. There are domestic flights within Argentina from Rosario to Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Santa Fe and Villa Gesell cities as well as international services to, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
The airport is at an altitude of. Its longest runway measures.

Port

The Port of Rosario is an inland port and a major goods-shipping centre of Argentina, located in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, on the left-hand shore of the Paraná River, about upstream from the Atlantic Ocean.
At this point of the course of the Paraná River, there is the depth transition between overseas and river navigation. The main channel of the river directly in front of the port has an advantageous configuration that allows preservation of a depth of with minor periodic dredging. This allows for downstream navigation of vessels up to Panamax standards. The Paraná is about wide at Kilometer 418. It becomes wide downstream.
The port is the largest of a series located in the several cities of the Greater Rosario that lie on the Paraná; the last able of overseas traffic being Puerto General San Martín. It is part of the Bi-Oceanic Corridor, which joins the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean via Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba, and the Cuyo region; going north–south it forms the axis of the Paraguay-Paraná waterway. It directly services the area of Santa Fe that produces a large portion of Argentine exports, and indirectly the whole Mercosur trade bloc. In 2003 the traffic in the port amounted to.
Cargo from other parts of Argentina is brought into the port by the railway lines of the Nuevo Central Argentino, communicating with Córdoba and Zárate, Buenos Aires, as well as the multiple national and provincial roads and highways that converge in Rosario. Communication with the north-eastern part of the country was enhanced by the 2003 opening of the Rosario-Victoria Bridge, that joins the city with the province of Entre Ríos. The Rosario International Airport has also been refurbished to work with cargo traffic.

Education

Rosario is an important educational centre at a national and international level. It is the home of the National University of Rosario since 1968, which includes the Law Faculty, the Medicine Faculty, the Humanities Faculty and an advanced study centre called Ciudad Universitaria de Rosario that is home to more than 10 colleges, among them the Faculty of Psychology, the Faculty of Political Sciences, and the Faculty of Architecture. It is also home of the Rosario Regional Faculty, a branch of the National Technological University. All of these national colleges are free.
In the city there are approximately 624 establishments destined for elementary levels and secondary education, the Technical Institute, which depends directly on the UNR. With a solid tradition as for university education, it is head of several academic institutions, and is public, and free access.
Currently, there are some 80,000 university students at various institutions around the city, representing approximately 8.5% of the total population. This rate is one of the highest in Argentina. In Rosario, nearly 15% of the population benefits from higher education degrees, or have undergone at least some university studies.
Rosario has private colleges, as the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, the Austral University, the University of the Latin American Educational Center, the Interamerican Open University, the Italian University of Rosario, the San Martin University and the University of Concepcion del Uruguay which are private institutions.

Sports

Rosario is the home of the football clubs Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys. Both play in Primera División Argentina. Central has won six National championships, six National cups, and one international title: the Conmebol Cup.
Newell's has 6 National championships and 3 National cups. Rosario's other football clubs are Club Atlético Central Córdoba, currently playing in Primera C, Club Atlético Tiro Federal Argentino in Torneo Argentino A and Argentino de Rosario in Primera D.
It is also the hometown of Argentine internationals Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María, Maximiliano Rodríguez, César Delgado, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Mauro Icardi, Giovani Lo Celso, Leandro Fernández, Ezequiel Garay, Luciana Aymar, Juan Imhoff, Ángel Correa, Nicolás Vergallo and Leonardo Senatore.
The city received international attention as the host of the II South American Games in 1982, as one of the host cities of the 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, the 1993 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 1990 Basketball World Cup. Rosario also bid for the 2019 Pan American Games but the Argentine Olympic Committee voted to support La Punta instead.
Rosario is the second choice site for [Argentina national Rugby union|rugby union team|Argentine] rugby tests, after Buenos Aires. Famous rugby clubs from the city include Club Atlético del Rosario – one of the four UAR founding clubs – and also Jockey Club de Rosario and Duendes Rugby Club, both former winners of the Nacional de Clubes title. The city hosted the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship.
The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, 2004 and 2012 Champions Trophy and the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final were played there.
In 2014 the city hosted the Inline speed skating World Championship at Parque de la Independencia and in 2015 it hosted the men's, women's and juniors' FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships at Club Atlético Provincial's indoor arena.
Rosario hosted the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships, and will host the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, and the 2019 South American Beach Games.

Motorsports

The city was the starting point for the 2014 Dakar Rally, as well as the finishing point in 2016. It also hosted the 2015 World RX of Argentina.

Events

Festival Latinoamericano de Video Rosario. Annual event, starting in 1994.Encuentro Internacional de Escultura en Madera-Piedra-Hierro de Rosario. Annual event, since 1993.Encuentro y Fiesta Nacional de Colectividades. 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. 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 Poesía de Rosario. Annual event since 1993.Festival Iberoamericano de Cine de Rosario. Annual event since 2003.Leyendas. A cartoon, role-playing and science fiction convention. Annually since 1999, usually in autumn, sometimes in spring.

Geography

The city of Rosario measures, not all of them are fully urbanized. Its extreme points are:
The geographical center is approximately at
The city is located on a smoothly undulated plain typical of the Pampas, between 22.5 and 24.6 metres above mean sea level; the original settlement rests on the ravine on the right-hand shore of the Paraná, opposite a group of islands of the Paraná Delta which are partly in the jurisdiction of the province of Entre Ríos. The nearest city across the river's flood plain is Victoria, Entre Ríos, linked to Rosario by the Rosario-Victoria Bridge.
Rosario lies on the ravine of the right-hand shore of the Paraná, about 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, now surrounded by the municipality, 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. Between the Cathedral and the municipal building is Pasaje Juramento, leading to the Flag Memorial. The streets mostly follow a regular checkerboard pattern.

Climate

The Rosario area has a Pampean, humid subtropical climate, and is well known for its changeable weather conditions. The city has average temperatures of maximum and minimum. The annual rainfall is.
Rosario is usually warmer than other mainland Argentine capital cities in the winter. The lowest average in winter is. This is due in part to the city's flat topography, its situation on the Paraná River bank, and the presence of high density of urbanization. Those conditions have created a microclimate known as urban heat island that often means that the city is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas.
The temperature difference usually is greater at night than during the day, greater in winter than in summer and most apparent when winds are light. However snowfalls are extremely rare: the most recent occurrence of sleet in the CBD was on 9 July 2007.
During the spring Rosario commonly enjoys extended periods of warm weather and clear skies. Rosario has average day-night temperatures of. The city experiences hot and humid summer days, with maximum temperatures above, when northerly winds blow humid air from Brazil. The record high temperature is on January 9, 2006, while the record low is on July 15, 2020.

Broadcasting and communications

Rosario has two private local television channels, Canal 3 and Canal 5, and a relay station for the public national station, Canal 7 Argentina. There are also three cable TV networks, which support two local channels, Canal 4 Noticias and Canal 6.
There are four AM radio stations: three private ones, LT3 Radio 2, and LT8, and one public, Radio Nacional Rosario, property of the national state. Among the multitude of FM stations, some notable ones are FM Vida, Estación del Siglo, FM Del Rosario, Cristal FM, Radio Hollywood, Fisherton-CNN, Continental Rosario, Radio 10 Rosario, Radiofónica, and Clásica Rosario.
The city has three notable newspapers: La Capital, Rosario/12, and El Ciudadano & La Región.
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 networks and broadband Internet access through DSL, cable modem and Wi-Fi, and including public Internet navigation centers.
About 96% of homes have a domestic telephone line, giving a total of 472,170 lines; cell phone usage has also become pervasive, as happened in Argentina as a whole since the beginning of the 21st century, reaching over 86% of the residents. This demand, boosted 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 Friend's Day in 2004 and 2005.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Rosario is twinned with:

Cooperation agreements

Rosario also cooperates with: