Quilmes is a
partido of
Buenos Aires Province
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, Argentina, within the
Gran Buenos Aires conurbation
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.
It has an area of , and a population of 580,829 (),
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 () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...
. The partido is largely impoverished and low-income.
Beer
Quilmes gives its name to one of Argentina's beers,
Cerveza Quilmes, which was originally brewed in the area.
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
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, 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
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.
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
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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)
References
External links
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{{Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
Partidos of Buenos Aires Province
1812 establishments in Argentina
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