Quilmes

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Quilmes
Quilmes

Location in Greater Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°43′00″S 58°16′00″W / 34.71667°S 58.26667°W / -34.71667; -58.26667Coordinates: 34°43′00″S 58°16′00″W / 34.71667°S 58.26667°W / -34.71667; -58.26667
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires Province
Partido Quilmes
Founded 1666
Declared city 1916
Government
 • Mayor Martiniano Molina
(Republican Proposal-Cambiemos)
Elevation[1] 17 m (56 ft)
Population (2001)[2]
 • Total 230,810
Time zone P (UTC-3)
 • Summer (DST) O (UTC-2)
CPA Base B 1878, B 1879
Area code(s) +54 11
Website www.quilmes.gov.ar

Quilmes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkilmes]) is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the capital of Quilmes Partido (Partido de Quilmes), and has a population of 230,810. It is located 17 km (11 mi) south of the capital of Argentina, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

History

The Quilmes were a native tribe who lived in the surroundings of Tucumán. In the 17th century, after repeated attempts by the Spanish invaders to control their lands, the Quilmes were defeated and were forced to settle in a restricted colony (reducción) near Buenos Aires, where the authorities could control them. The settlement was thus established in 1666 as Exaltación de la Santa Cruz de los Kilme. The 1,000 km (621 mi) journey from Tucumán was made on foot, causing hundreds of Quilmes to die in the process. The colony had been abandoned by 1810 and had become a ghost town. The land was divided in parcels and the town of Quilmes was established in 1818. During the first British invasion, lasting 46 days in 1806, the British arrived from Montevideo through Quilmes and went to Buenos Aires from there.

Quilmes Railroad Station
Sarmiento Public Library

The town's development accelerated during the wave of immigration in Argentina during the late 19th century, and Quilmes was considered as the location for a new provincial capital during the Federalization of Buenos Aires of 1880 (ultimately established in La Plata). The Argentine Air Force established a 220 ha (540 acre) base in East Quilmes in 1943.

Quilmes proper consists of two main parts, east and west, which are divided by the tracks of the Metropolitano passenger train line. East Quilmes has several relatively wealthy areas and a large shopping district. As one travels east toward the Río de la Plata, neighborhoods become increasingly poor, and two large villas miseria (slums) are found close to the river. These areas often experience severe flooding.

Quilmes is the home of two football teams: Quilmes Atlético Club and Club Atlético Argentino de Quilmes. The first was founded in the 19th century by Cannon J. T. Stevenson, and the second one was founded later, by Argentines who were not allowed to play for the QAC. They are two of the oldest Argentine football teams. The city has been chosen by FIH to host the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy.

The city also gives its name to the Cerveza Quilmes beer company, as this is where it was first brewed in 1888 where the brewery was started by Otto Bemberg; the establishment remains a leading employer in the city. Other significant manufacturers in Quilmes include textile maker La Bernalesa, glass maker Cattorini, construction materials maker Cerámica Quilmes, and climate control equipment maker Rheem.

Famous Quilmeños include television variety show host Susana Giménez, football forward Sergio Agüero, painter Carlos Morel, sculptor Victor de Pol, boxer Sergio Martínez, and the rock band Vox Dei. Aníbal Fernández, who was born in Quilmes, served as mayor from 1991 to 1995, and from 2003 as Minister of Interior, of Justice, as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, and Senator.

Radio Station

87.5 Fm América 87.7 Fm La Hermosa 88.1 La radio de Tu Ciudad 88.5 Fm Mía 88.9 Fm Sur 89.1 Fm del Bosque 89.5 Fm Q 89.7 Fm Compartiendo 90.3 Fm Houpe 90.7 Fm Stylo 90.9 Fm Ser 91.1 (emisora cristiana) 91.3 (emisora cristiana) 91.5 Fm RK 92.1 Fm Identidad Sur 92.3 Fm Victoria 92.9 Fm Spectra 93.5 Fm Q 93.7 Fm Ween 93.9 Fm Paraguay Meto Disco 94.1 Fm Iglesia del Puente 94.5 News s 94.7 Fm Ahijuna 95.3 Fm Rdb 95.7 Fm Planeta 96.1 Fm Plus 96.3 Fm Bolivia 96.5 Fm Scorpio 96.9 Fm Chaco 97.1 Fm Elite 97.3 Fm Cardinal 98.5 (emisora cristiana) 98.9 Fm Alegría 99.5 Fm One 100.3 Fm Quazar 100.5 Fm La Máquina 100.9 Fm La Matera 101.3 Fm Sion 101.7 Fm Maxx 102.1 Fm Ñandutí 102.5 Fm Cls 102.9 Fm Vox 103.3 Cocktel 103.5 (emisora bailanta) 103.9 Fm Fan 104.1 Fm Master 104.5 Fm Escolar 104.9 FM Avivamiento (San Francisco Solano) 104.9 Fm Los Andes 105.3 Fm Ñandutí 106.1 Fm Paraiso 106.5 Fm Quilmes 107.7 Fm La Cordillerana

Education

St George's College, a British international school, is in Quilmes.[3]

Escuela Municipal De Bellas Artes (EMBA), a free, municipal art school. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Falling Rain Genomics". Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  2. ↑ "INDEC Census 2001".
  3. ↑ "Home." St George's College. Retrieved on February 9, 2015. "Guido 800 (1878) Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina"
  4. ↑ "Municipal School of Fine Arts". Municipality of Quilmes. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

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