Quilmes Partido
Quilmes
Partido de Quilmes | |
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location of Quilmes Partido in Gran Buenos Aires | |
| Coordinates: 34°43′S 58°16′W / 34.717°S 58.267°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Established | August, 14th 1812 |
| Founded by | First Triumvirate decree |
| Seat | Quilmes |
| Government | |
| • Intendant | Mayra Mendoza (Union for the Homeland) |
| Area | |
• Total | 125 km2 (48 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 580,829 |
| • Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | quilmense "quilmeño/a" |
| Postal Code | B1876, B1878, B1879, B1881, B1882 |
| IFAM | |
| Area Code | 011 |
| Patron saint | Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 september) |
| Website | www |
Quilmes is a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, within the Gran Buenos Aires conurbation.
It has an area of 125 square kilometres (48 sq mi), and a population of 580,829 (2010 census [INDEC]), making it the third-most populous partido in the Gran Buenos Aires. Named after the Quilmes Tribe, its capital is the city of Quilmes. The partido is largely impoverished and low-income.