Ramón García de León y Pizarro (born Oran, now Argelia, 1745; died Charcas, Bolivia, December 1815), was a Spanish military officer and administrator.
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The city was founded on August 31, 1794 by the Spanish military man and governor of Salta, Ramón García de León y Pizarro, who named the settlement after Saint Raymond Nonnatus (on the saint's feast day) and his own birthplace, the city of Oran (in modern Algeria).