Santervás de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. , the municipality has a population of 137 inhabitants and is known as the birthplace of Juan Ponce de León.

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, during a trade mission to Spain, presided over a ceremony there on January 21, 2011, commemorating the Quincentennial of the Governorship of Ponce de León, the United States territory's first Governor and discoverer of Florida and the

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, in which a statue of that municipality's famous explorer was unveiled.

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* Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer, one of the first explorers of

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, and conqueror & first governor of

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Municipalities in the Province of Valladolid {{Valladolid-geo-stub

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