Quilmes (city)
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| Basic data | |||
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| location | 34 ° 44 ′ S , 58 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 17 m | ||
| Population (2001): | 230.810 | ||
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| administration | |||
| Province : |
 Buenos Aires (Province)
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| Partido : | Quilmes | ||
| Mayor: |
Mayra Mendoza , Frente de Todos |
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| Postal code : | B1878, B1879 | ||
| Telephone code: | 011 | ||
| Quilmes website | |||
Quilmes is a place in the province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina . It has 230,810 inhabitants and is the capital of the Partido Quilmes , which has a total of around 520,000 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ) and is located on the banks of the Río de la Plata . Quilmes is now part of Gran Buenos Aires .
The name of the city is reminiscent of the Quilmes Indian tribe , who originally lived in the north-west of the country, were deported here by the Spaniards in the colonial times and virtually died out.
Until the 1980s, the city was the seaside resort of the residents of Buenos Aires , but then the heavy pollution of the river prevented its further use as a holiday center. Today the city is best known for its beer brewery . The Quilmes brewery was founded by German immigrants at the end of the 19th century and is now the most commercially successful in Argentina.
Quilmes is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Quilmes .
sons and daughters of the town
- Sergio Agüero (* 1988), football player
- Mariano Berriex (* 1989), football player
- Adrián Daniel Calello (* 1987), football player
- Matías Cenci (* 1978), football player
- Washington Cucurto (* 1973), writer
- Ottavio Dazzan (* 1958), Argentine-Italian track cyclist
- Ignacio Deleón (* 1990), football player
- José Ramos Delgado (1935-2010), football player and manager
- Horacio Elizondo (* 1963), referee at the 2006 World Cup
- Hernán Fenner (* 1990), football player
- William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), Argentine-British writer, naturalist and ornithologist
- Sergio Gabriel Martínez (* 1975), professional boxer
- Fernando Miceli (* 1963), singer and composer
- Gustavo Oberman (* 1985), football player
- Lucas Ocampos (* 1994), football player
- Francisco Olazar (1885–1958), football player and coach
- Matías Paredes (* 1982), hockey player
- Juan Pablo Paz (* 1995), tennis player
- Oscar Pometti (* 1962), tango singer and guitarist
- Diego Klimowicz (* 1974), football player
- Emanuel Rivas (* 1983), football player
- Patricio Rodríguez (* 1990), football player
- Juan Saladino (born 1987), hockey player
- Fernando Tissone (* 1986), soccer player
- Alan Velasco (* 2002), football player
Sports
- The football club Quilmes AC plays in the Argentine football league Primera División in 2012/13 . Home games are played in the Estadio Centenario Dr. José Luis Meiszner .
Web links
- Official website Quilmes (Spanish)
- IFAM Population Statistics (Spanish)