Juan Dávila was
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
, in 1819. His ''Secretario Municipal'' (municipal clerk) was Matias Vidal.
[Eduardo Neumann Gandia. ''Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce.'' San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. p. 275.]
There is a street in ''Urbanización Las Delicias'' of Barrio
Magueyes in Ponce named after him.
See also
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List of Puerto Ricans
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List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico's southern economic center, the island's second largest and second most important city.
From 1692 to 1840, the office of mayor in Ponce was filled either by local hacendados or by military office ...
References
Mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico
1760s births
1830s deaths
Year of death uncertain
Year of birth uncertain
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