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History of Cabo Rojo


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The area of near Las Salinas (salt flats) has been inhabited since the 30 BC and 120 AD according to archaeological evidence. Punta Ostiones, listed in the National Register of Historic Places as archeological site, was home to a large group of Archaic Indians.

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.

According to Fray I�igo Abbad y Lasierra by the end of the 18th century, Cabo Rojo had a population of 1,215 people.

In 1759 the first request to establish itself as town was denied. Cabo Rojo was founded on December 17, 1771 by Nicol�s Ram�rez de Arellano with the approval of then governor Miguel de Muesas
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