Quilmes
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A city of eastern Argentina, an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires on the Río de la Plata. Population: 518,000.
Quilmes (kēl'mēs), city (1991 pop. 509,445), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina, on the Río de la Plata estuary. It is a district administrative center and a major industrial city, with one of the world's largest breweries as well as numerous distilleries. Other important products include textiles and glass. The city's name derives from the Kilmes, a Native American people who settled on the site in 1666 under the direction of the governor of Río de la Plata prov.
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