Quilmes Partido

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Quilmes

Official name

Partido de Quilmes

Capital

Quilmes

Country
Province

Argentina
Buenos Aires

Foundation
Founder

August, 14^th 1812
First Triunvirate's decree

Population:

- Total

518,788

- Density

4,150.3 Inhabitants/km²

- Population change

+1.48% (1991-2001)

Demonym

quilmense "quilmeño/a"

Telephone code

011

Post Code

B1878

Location

- Coordinates

34°43′S, 58°16′W

Area

125 km²

Distance:

- to Buenos Aires

17km

- to La Plata

43km

Patron Saint

Exaltation of the Holy Cross (september 14^th)

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 518,788 (2001 census [INDEC]), making it the third most populus partido in the Gran Buenos Aires. Named after Quilmes Native Americans, its capital is the city of Quilmes.

Quilmes Municipal Building (town hall)

1 Beer
2 Sport
3 Christianity
4 Districts (localidades)
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Christianity

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 la Iglesia del Encuentro and la Iglesia del Puente.