Quilmes Partido

Quilmes
Partido de Quilmes
location of Quilmes Partido in Gran Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 34°43′S 58°16′W / 34.717°S 58.267°W / -34.717; -58.267
CountryArgentina
EstablishedAugust, 14th 1812
Founded byFirst Triumvirate decree
SeatQuilmes
Government
  IntendantMayra Mendoza (Union for the Homeland)
Area
  Total
125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Population
  Total
580,829
  Density4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Demonymquilmense "quilmeño/a"
Postal Code
B1876, B1878, B1879, B1881, B1882
IFAM
Area Code011
Patron saintExaltation of the Holy Cross (14 september)
Websitewww.quilmes.gov.ar

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.