Quilmes Partido

Department in Argentina

Quilmes

Partido de Quilmes

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location of Quilmes Partido in Gran Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°43′S 58°16′W﻿ / ﻿34.717°S 58.267°W﻿ / -34.717; -58.267
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

[1]

• 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

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

It has an area of 125 square kilometres (48 sq mi), and a population of 580,829 (2010 census [INDEC]),[1] making it the third-most populous partido in the Gran Buenos Aires. Named after the Quilmes Tribe, its capital is the city of Quilmes. The partido is largely impoverished and low-income.

Quilmes Municipal Building (town hall)

## Beer

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

## Sport

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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

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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)

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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)

## References

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1. ^ a b 2010 Census provisional results

## External links

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