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Quilmes
South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean, North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. Argentina is a country in southern South America. It ranks second in land area in South America, and eighth in the world.
Quilmes is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a population over 500,000. It is the capital of Quilmes Partido. It is located 16 kilometers away from the capital of Argentina, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
The Quilmes was a native tribe who lived in the surroundings of Tucuman. In the 17th century, the Quilmes settled in a restricted colony or reduccion near Buenos Aires. Quilmes is the home of two football teams, Quilmes Atletico Club and Club Atletico Argentino de Quilmes. The first was founded in the 19th century by the English, and the second one was founded later, by Argentines. They are two of the oldest Argentine football teams.
Quilmes proper consists of two main parts, east and west, which are divided by the tracks of the Metropolitano passenger train line. East Quilmes has several relatively wealthy areas and a large shopping district. As one travels east toward the Rio de la Plata, neighborhoods become increasingly poor, and two large villas miseria or slums are found close to the river. The city also gives its name to the famous beer Cerveza Quilmes, as this is where it was first brewed.
The dense Amazon rainforest, the jagged spires of the Andes Mountains, the Tropical beaches and the Towering waterfalls, with this kind of nature all around, it's no wonder why South America have become nearly synonymous with Adventure travel and ecotourism.
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