Ramón García de León y Pizarro (born Orán, now Argelia

Argelia

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, 1745; died Charcas

Sucre

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, Bolivia

Bolivia

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, December 1815), was a Spanish military officer and administrator. As president of the Real Audiencia of Charcas, he governed the Intendancy of Chuquisaca during the final colonial years of Upper Peru

Upper Peru

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. He was also the founder of the city San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, in the north of present-day Argentina

Argentina

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