CÁCERES IN SPAIN AND IN PUERTO RICO
Origins of the Name and Family

SPAIN

 

From Cáceres, Extremadura, SPAIN - to Cabo Rojo, PUERTO RICO

Town of Cáceres

Cabo Rojo

Cabo Rojo - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Rojo - (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaβo ˈroxo]) is a municipality situated on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico and forms part of the San Germán–Cabo Rojo metropolitan area as well as the larger Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area. Cabo Rojo (Red Cape in English) derives its name from both the reddish color of its salt-flats and the reddish tint that characterizes the seaside cliffs along its southern coast. Despite the threat of pirates and Indians, the Spanish settled the area of Los Morrillos around 1511. By 1525, salt mining was an important industry in the area. Cabo Rojo was founded on December 17, 1771 by Nicolás Ramírez de Arellano, a descendant of Spanish nobility, with the approval of Governor Miguel de Muesas.
 

Nicolás Ramírez de Arellano y Martínez de Matos oficial founder of Cabo Rojo	Cabo Rojo in 1913	Dr Ramon Emetrio Betances, physician and independence fighter
Drawing of the “Centro de Cabo Rojo” in 1826.
amer. R.R Boquerón – Cabo Rojo, s. entr. to tunnel. 1910; Kil. 14 – 15, looking north R.R. water tower

Church of St. Michael Archangel		Schoenstatt Chapel
	Barrios of Cabo Rojo