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San Lorenzo is a city in the south of the , located 23 km north of Rosario , on the western shore of the Paraná River , and forming one end of the Greater Rosario Metropolitan Area . It is the head town of the San Lorenzo Department , and it has about 43,500 inhabitants according to the . San Lorenzo has no certain foundation date, but the Municipal Council decided, in 1984, to settle on 1796-05-06 , the date when Franciscan Friar s came and started the Evangelization of the area. The city was the stage of the Battle Of San Lorenzo on 1813-02-03 , where troops loyal to the Spanish Crown were defeated by local revolutionaries under General José De San Martín . The 18th century San Carlos Monastery has a museum devoted to this battle, the first in the Argentine War Of Independence . REFERENCES In Spanish unless otherwise noted.
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