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Diego de Holguín

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Diego de Holguín
1st Lieutenant Governor of San Salvador
In office
1 April 1525 – 1 April 1528
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDiego de Alvarado
Personal details
Born1486
Spain
Died1556 (aged 69–70)
OccupationConquistador
Military service
Allegiance Spain
Battles/warsSpanish colonization of the Americas

Diego de Holguín (1486 – 1556) was a Spanish conquistador and the first mayor of San Salvador, serving from 1525 to 1528. He participated in the conquest of many nations in the Caribbean islands, Central America and Mexico, where he became famous for his courage.

Biography

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Diego de Holguín was born around 1486 in a Spanish town called Tona or Sona.[citation needed] He arrived in the Americas very young and settled in the Spanish colony in present day Dominican Republic in 1506.[citation needed] There, he participated in the foundation of the cities of Aragua, Puerto Real, and Ciudad de la Vega. [citation needed]

Holguín participated in the conquest of Guatemala and El Salvador under the command of Pedro de Alvarado. He was alderman of the municipality of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala. Along with Gonzalo de Alvarado, was one of the founders of the first settlement of San Salvador, next to a fortress Cuzcatlecos, and became its first mayor in April 1525, serving until April 1528.[1][2] The city he founded, now known as Ciudad Vieja, was later refounded in the location where San Salvador currently is located.[3]

Óscar Romero freeway was originally to be called Diego de Holguín.[citation needed]

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Citations

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  1. ^ García Granados 1924, p. 10.
  2. ^ Arce & Antonio 2001, p. 118.
  3. ^ "Datos del Municipio" [Dates of the Municipality]. San Salvador.gob. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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