Bernal, Argentina

Bernal
Ciudad de Bernal

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Location in Quilmes
Bernal

Location in Greater Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°42′00″S 58°17′00″W / 34.70000°S 58.28333°W / -34.70000; -58.28333Coordinates: 34°42′00″S 58°17′00″W / 34.70000°S 58.28333°W / -34.70000; -58.28333
Country Argentina
Province Buenos Aires Province
Partido Quilmes
Founded 1850
Declared city 1970
Founded by Pedro Bernal
Government
  Mayor Martiniano Molina
(Republican Proposal-Cambiemos)
Area
  Total 23.62 km2 (9.12 sq mi)
Elevation[1] 16 m (55 ft)
Population (2001)[2]
  Total 130,790
  Density 5,537.26/km2 (14,341.4/sq mi)
Time zone P (UTC-3)
  Summer (DST) O (UTC-2)
Código Postal (CP) B1876
Website www.quilmes.gov.ar

Bernal is a city located in the northeast of Quilmes in the province of Buenos Aires, approximately 10 miles south of the city of Buenos Aires. It is the second largest and most populated city in the Partido of Quilmes. Bernal borders Avellaneda Partido and Lanús Partido to the north-west, the city of Quilmes to the south-east, Almirante Brown Partido and Lomas de Zamora Partido to the south-west the Río de la Plata to the north-east.

Bernal consists of the neighborhoods of Barrio Parque, Villa Cramer, Villa Alcira, and Bernal Centre, among others. The Railway General Roca divides the city in two.

History

The Bernals were an old family from the days of colonial Buenos Aires. In the mid-19th century, a descendant of the family, Don Pedro Bernal, established a farm in the Partido of Quilmes, and built a house on that site. In 1850, he divided the land up into smaller farms which were then settled by other prominent families, such as the Molina Salas, Ayersa, Tasso, and Bagley. 1850 is deemed as the official foundation year of the City of Bernal.

Population

In 2001, Bernal had with 109,790 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) the second largest population in the Partido of Quilmes, roughly 25% of the total partido population : 76,499 in West Bernal, 33,415 in East Bernal. These numbers imply a population growth of 15% compared with the figures of the 1991 INDEC Census which had shown a population of 111,361 inhabitants.

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