Bernal, Argentina

Infobox Settlement
name = Bernal
official_name = "Ciudad de Bernal"




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map_caption = Location in Quilmes
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Partido
subdivision_name = Argentina
subdivision_name1 = Buenos Aires Province
subdivision_name2 = Quilmes
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1850
founder = Pedro Bernal
established_title2 = Declared city
established_date2 = 1970
government_type =
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Francisco Gutiérrez
(FPV-Polo Social)
area_magnitude =
area_total_sq_mi =
area_total_km2 = 23.62
area_land_sq_mi =
area_land_km2 =
area_water_sq_mi =
area_water_km2 =
area_urban_sq_mi =
area_urban_km2 =
area_metro_km2 =
area_metro_sq_mi =
population_as_of=2001
population_footnotes =cite web
url = http://www.indec.mecon.ar/censo2001s2_2/datos/04000lc121.xls
title= INDEC Census 2001]
population_total = 130790
population_urban =
population_metro =
population_density_sq_mi =
population_density_km2 = 5537.26
timezone = P
utc_offset = -3
timezone_DST = O
utc_offset_DST = -2
latd = 34 | latm = 42 | lats = 00 | latNS = S
longd = 58 | longm = 17 | longs = 00 | longEW = W
elevation_footnotes=cite web
url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AR/1/Bernal.html
title= Falling Rain Genomics
accessdate=2008-01-02]
elevation_ft = 55
elevation_m = 16
postal_code_type = Código Postal (CP)
postal_code = B1876
website = [http://www.quilmes.gov.ar www.quilmes.gov.ar]
footnotes =

Bernal is a city located in the northeast of the province of Buenos Aires, to the south of the city of Buenos Aires. It's entirely in the Quilmes Partido, where it's the second biggest and populated city of there. It 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 towns of Don Bosco, Barrio Parque, Villa La Florida, and Bernal Centre, among other smaller. The Railway General Roca divides the city in half, creating one of the most frequent divisions of the same: "Bernal East" and "West".

History

Bernal was an old family from the colonial days of Buenos Aires. In the mid-19th century a descendant of the family, Don Pedro Bernal, established a farm in Quilmes Partido, building a house on the 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 taken officially to be the year in which the town of Bernal was founded.

Population

Bernal had in 2001 with 130,790 habitants (INDEC, 2001): 76,499 in West Bernal, 33,415 in East Bernal, and 20,876 in the district of Don Bosco. Then it had the second local population of the party of Quilmes, with a 25% of the same. These numbers imply a growth of 15% of the population, compared with the figures of the INDEC Census 1991, which had yielded a population of 111,361 inhabitants.

External links

* [http://www.unq.edu.ar/eng/ National University of Quilmes]
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AR/1/Bernal.html Coords, NASA and Google images]
* [http://www.elmurocultural.com/Memoria/memober.html Historical photographs gallery] es
* [http://www.bernal.com.ar/ bernal.com.ar, information of Bernal's history, location, and pictures] es
* [http://www.oni.escuelas.edu.ar/2005/BUENOS_AIRES/1043/contenido/bernal.htm Comprehensive study on the history of the town] es

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