Bernal, Argentina
(Union for the Homeland)
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.
Notable people
- Sergio Aladio, Argentine union leader
References
External links
- National University of Quilmes
- Historical photographs gallery (in Spanish)
- bernal.com.ar, information of Bernal's history, location, and pictures (in Spanish)
- barrioparquebernal.com.ar, Barrio Parque Bernal (in Spanish)
- Comprehensive study on the history of the town (in Spanish)
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administrative
divisions
Province partidos
- Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
- Adrogué
- Avellaneda
- Banfield
- Béccar
- Bella Vista
- Berazategui
- Bernal
- Boulogne Sur Mer
- Burzaco
- Caseros
- Castelar
- Ciudadela
- Ciudad Evita
- Ciudad Jardín
- Ciudad Madero
- Claypole
- Dock Sud
- Don Torcuato
- El Palomar
- Ezeiza
- Florencio Varela
- Florida Este
- Florida Oeste
- Haedo
- General Pacheco
- Gerli
- Glew
- González Catán
- Gregorio de Laferrère
- Grand Bourg
- Guernica
- Hurlingham
- Isidro Casanova
- Ituzaingó
- José C. Paz
- José Mármol
- Lanús
- La Tablada
- Llavallol
- Libertad
- Lomas del Mirador
- Lomas de Zamora
- Longchamps
- Los Polvorines
- Mariano Acosta
- Martínez
- Merlo
- Monte Chingolo
- Monte Grande
- Moreno
- Morón
- Munro
- Muñiz
- Olivos
- Pablo Nogués
- Parque San Martín
- Paso del Rey
- Pontevedra
- Quilmes
- Rafael Calzada
- Rafael Castillo
- Ramos Mejía
- Remedios de Escalada
- San Antonio de Padua
- San Fernando
- San Francisco Solano
- San Isidro
- San José
- San Justo
- San Martín
- San Miguel
- Sarandí
- Temperley
- Tigre
- Tortuguitas
- Tristán Suárez
- Valentín Alsina
- Vicente López
- Victoria
- Villa Adelina
- Villa Ballester
- Villa Bosch
- Villa Centenario
- Villa Domínico
- Villa Fiorito
- Villa La Florida
- Villa Maipú
- Villa Martelli
- Villa de Mayo
- Villa Tesei
- Villa Udaondo
- Virreyes
- Wilde
- William C. Morris
(towns and others)
- Acassuso
- Aldo Bonzi
- Billinghurst
- Campo de Mayo
- Carapachay
- Churruca
- Dique Luján
- Dock Sud
- Don Bosco
- El Libertador
- José Ingenieros
- La Lucila
- Loma Hermosa
- Lomas del Palomar
- Martín Coronado
- Once de Septiembre
- Pablo Podestá
- Ranelagh
- Remedios de Escalada, Tres de Febrero
- Sáenz Peña
- Santos Lugares
- Tapiales
- Villa Raffo
- Villa Sarmiento