San Carlos Centro

San Carlos Centro
City
San Carlos Centro Location of San Carlos Centro in Argentina
Coordinates: 31°44′S 61°6′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Fe
Department	Las Colonias
Area
• Total	66 km2 (25 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	11,055
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (ART)
CPA base	S3013
Dialing code	+54 3404

San Carlos Centro is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located 46 kilometres (29 mi) from the provincial capital Santa Fe. It has 11,055 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC].

Like most other towns in the Las Colonias Department, San Carlos Centro was originally an agricultural colony, populated by European immigrants. It was founded in 1858 by Carlos Beck Bernard, of the Beck & Herzog Swiss Colonizing Society. The settlement received the category of comuna (village or commune) on 2 June 1886, and became a city (full-fledged municipality) on 9 October 1986. The city preserves its historical past at the Historical Museum of the San Carlos Colony.