Quilmes Partido

Quilmes
Official name	Partido de Quilmes
Capital	Quilmes
Country Province	Argentina Buenos Aires
Foundation Founder	August, 14th 1812 First Triunvirate's decree
Population:
- Total	580,829[1]
- Density	4,646.6 Inhabitants/km²[1]
- Population change	+1.48% (1991–2001)
Demonym	quilmense "quilmeño/a"
Telephone code	011
Post Code	B1878
Location
- Coordinates	34°43′S 58°16′W / 34.717°S 58.267°W / -34.717; -58.267
Area	125 km²
Distance:
- to Buenos Aires	17km
- to La Plata	43km
Patron Saint	Exaltation of the Holy Cross (september 14th)
Mayor	Francisco Gutiérrez, FPV-Polo Social
Web Site	http://www.quilmes.gov.ar
IFAM Statistics	IFAM

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

It has an area of 125 square kilometres, 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.

Quilmes Municipal Building (town hall)

Beer

Quilmes gives its name to one of Argentina's favourite beers, Cerveza Quilmes, which was originally brewed in the area. The company produce about 1.5 billion litres of beer a year, most of which is consumed in Argentina.

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

References

External links

• Municipalidad de Quilmes – official site (Spanish)
• El Sol, local newspaper (Spanish)
• National University of Quilmes
• Quilmes Beer Company (Spanish)
• Quilmes Atlético Club Website (Spanish)
• Argentino de Quilmes Website (Spanish)
• Diócesis de Quilmes (Spanish)
• Iglesia Catedral de Quilmes (Spanish)
• Rivers of Life (Ríos de Vida), Quilmes (Spanish)
• Iglesia del Puente (Spanish)
• Other web of Quilmes (Spanish)

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