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Rosario , city (1991 pop. 1,095,906), Santa Fe prov., E central Argentina, a port on the Paraná River, on the eastern margin of the Pampa. The third largest city of Argentina, it is primarily the import and export center for the central and northern provinces. Steel, cars, and farm machinery are the principal manufactures. It also exports grains, beef, and wood products. Rosario is the terminus of several railroads and has excellent port facilities. It was settled in the late 17th cent. but grew mainly after 1870 with the rapid development of the Pampa. It has a small airport.

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Rosario, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela Argentina: founded in 1689 as a villa which later became a settlement called Pago de los Arroyos ‘Region of the Rivers’. In 1725 it was renamed Rosario ‘Rosary’. The town in Brazil has the Portuguese spelling: Rosário.

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