Bernal is a city located in the northeast of

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...

in the

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, approximately 10 miles south of the city of

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. It is the second largest and most populated city in the Partido of Quilmes. Bernal borders

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and

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to the north-west, the city of

to the south-east,

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and

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to the south-west the

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to the north-east. Bernal consists of the neighborhoods of Barrio Parque, Villa Cramer, Villa Alcira, and Bernal Centre, among others. The Railway General Roca divides the city in two. Bernal,_Zeballos_Street,_Buenos_Aires_Province

Bernal,_Zeballos_Street,_Buenos_Aires_Province

History

The Bernals were an old family from the days of colonial Buenos Aires. In the mid-19th century, a descendant of the family, Don Pedro Bernal, established a farm in the Partido of Quilmes, and built a house on that site. In 1850, he divided the land up into smaller farms which were then settled by other prominent families, such as the Molina Salas, Ayersa, Tasso, and Bagley. 1850 is deemed as the official foundation year of the City of Bernal. Bernal,_Buenos_Aires_Province

Population

In 2001, Bernal had with 109,790 inhabitants (

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, 2001) the second largest population in the Partido of Quilmes, roughly 25% of the total partido population : 76,499 in West Bernal, 33,415 in East Bernal. These numbers imply a population growth of 15% compared with the figures of the 1991 INDEC Census which had shown a population of 111,361 inhabitants. Bernal_railway_station

Electric_train_rain_near_Bernal_station_in_Roca_Line

References

External links

National University of Quilmes

bernal.com.ar, information of Bernal's history, location, and pictures

barrioparquebernal.com.ar, Barrio Parque Bernal

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