Santervás de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2009[update], the municipality has a population of 137 inhabitants and is known as the birthplace of Juan Ponce de León.
Juan Ponce de León (Santervás de Campos, Valladolid). He was one of the first Europeans to arrive in what is today the United States; leading the first European expedition to Florida, which he named.
Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño, during a trade mission to Spain, presided over a ceremony there on January 21, 2011 commemorating the Quincentennial of the Governorship of Ponce de León, the United States territory's first Governor and discoverer of Florida and the continental United States, in which a statue of that municipality's famous explorer was unveiled.[2]
Demographics
Demographic evolution of Santervas de Campos
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1996
2001
2004
2010
199
173
156
148
141
Notable natives and residents
Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer, one of the first explorers of Florida, and conqueror & first governor of Puerto Rico.
Francisco de Villagra (1511 - 1563): conquistador and 3-time governor of Chile.
Bartolomé Santos de Risoba (1582 - 1657): Bishop of Almería, León y Sigüenza.
See also
Cuisine of the province of Valladolid
References
Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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