page_title: Diego de Holguín
hierarchical_section_title: Diego de Holguín
caption_attribution_description: Español: Retrato de Carlos V
context_page_description: Diego de Holguín, 1486 -?, was a Spanish conquistador and the first mayor of San Salvador, in April 1525. He had remarkable activity in the conquest of many nations in the Caribbean islands, Central America and Mexico, where he became famous for his courage.
  Holguín was born around 1486 in a Spanish town called Tona or Sona. He arrived in the Americas very young and settled in the Spanish colony in present day Dominican Republic in 1506. There he participated in the foundation of the cities of Aragua, Puerto Real and Ciudad de la Vega.
context_section_description: Diego de Holguín, 1486 -?, was a Spanish conquistador and the first mayor of San Salvador, in April 1525. He had remarkable activity in the conquest of many nations in the Caribbean islands, Central America and Mexico, where he became famous for his courage.
  Holguín was born around 1486 in a Spanish town called Tona or Sona. He arrived in the Americas very young and settled in the Spanish colony in present day Dominican Republic in 1506. There he participated in the foundation of the cities of Aragua, Puerto Real and Ciudad de la Vega.
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