Othón Pompeyo Blanco Núñez de Cáceres (March 7, 1868 in
Padilla,
Tamaulipas
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– October 18, 1959 in
Mexico City
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) was a Mexican
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and the founder of the city of
Chetumal
Chetumal (, , ; yua, label=Yucatec Maya, Chactemàal , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco. In 2020 i ...
who served as undersecretary of the
Mexican Navy
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from 1941 to 1946.
The municipality of
Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo
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, is named after him.
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1868 births
1959 deaths
People from Tamaulipas
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