Quilmes Partido

Quilmes is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, within the Gran Buenos Aires conurbation.

Quilmes Partido de Quilmes
Department
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location of Quilmes Partido in Gran Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°43′S 58°16′W
Country	Argentina
Established	August, 14th 1812
Founded by	First Triumvirate decree
Seat	Quilmes
Government
• Intendant	Mayra Mendoza (Union for the Homeland)
Area
• Total	125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Population
• Total	580,829
• Density	4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Demonym	quilmense "quilmeño/a"
Postal Code	B1876, B1878, B1879, B1881, B1882
IFAM	BUE101
Area Code	011
Patron saint	Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 september)
Website	www.quilmes.gov.ar

It has an area of 125 square kilometres (48 sq mi), and a population of 580,829 (2010 census [INDEC]), making it the third-most populous partido in the Gran Buenos Aires. Named after the Quilmes Tribe, its capital is the city of Quilmes.

Quilmes Municipal Building (town hall)

Beer

Quilmes gives its name to one of Argentina's beers, Cerveza Quilmes, which was originally brewed in the area.

Sport

Quilmes is home to two football clubs, Quilmes Atlético Club of the Primera Division and Club Atlético Argentino de Quilmes of the regionalised 5th Division. The city also stands out in many other sports, including field hockey, basketball and rugby, among others.

Christianity

In 1666 was established the Cathedral of Quilmes (Catedral de Quilmes in Spanish). In 1976 a papal bull created the Diócesis de Quilmes. The first minister was Padre Obispo Jorge Novak, famous for his defense of Human Rights during the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional.

The first Rivers of Life Church ("Ríos de Vida" in Spanish) was established in Quilmes in 1967. It is a group of over 80 evangelical churches around the world. Rivers of Life, Quilmes has the largest congregation of all the Rivers of Life churches around the world.

Other notable evangelical churches include the Iglesia del Encuentro and the Iglesia del Puente.

Districts (localidades)

Río de la Plata

Bernal

West Bernal

Bernal

Don Bosco

Avellaneda

Quilmes

Quilmes

West Quilmes

Ezpeleta

Ezpeleta

West Ezpeleta

Villa La Florida

San Francisco
Solano

Berazategui

Florencio Varela

Lanús

Almirante
Brown

Lomas de Zamora

Districts of the Partido and its population City District Inhabitants   Bernal Bernal West Bernal 33.415 76.499   Don Bosco 20.876   Ezpeleta Ezpeleta West Ezpeleta 49.191 23.366   Quilmes Quilmes West Quilmes 111.575 119.235   San Francisco      Solano 53.363   Villa La Florida 31.268 Source: 2001 Census, INDEC and DPE (Provincial Direction of Statistics)

External links

• Official website