Juan de Garay [SEP] date of birth
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay (1528–1583) was a Spanish conquistador.
Garay's birthplace is disputed. Some say it was in the Castile city of Junta de Villalba de Losa, while others argue he was born in the area of Orduña (Basque Country). There's no birth certification whatsoever, though Juan De Garay regarded himself as somebody from Biscay (a region from the Basque Country). He served under the Crown of Castille, in the Viceroyalty of Peru. He was governor of Asunción (present
in the province, but it has only about 28,000 inhabitants. The head town is Tostado (population 14,000). Other cities and towns are Esteban Rams, Gato Colorado, Gregoria Pérez de Denis, Juan De Garay, Logroño, Montefiore, Pozo Borrado, San Bernardo, Santa Margarita, and Villa Minetti.
The name of this department corresponds to the date of the Argentine Declaration of Independence (9 July 1816) and is often spelled with the actual figure 9 ("Departamento 9 de Julio").
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