Aranjuez was a

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n settlement founded in 1568 by the Governor

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. It was situated on the banks of the Aranjuez River and was a short distance from the Pacific Ocean coast where a pier, known as the Ribera port, simultaneously emerged. Aranjuez was depopulated in 1574 by order of the interim governor

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, who relocated the population to the town of Espiritu Santo which he founded.

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