Antonio de Oro

Antonio de Oro Pulido (Ciempozuelos (Madrid), 13 April 1904 – Tetuán, 28 December 1940) was a Spanish military officer, explorer and colonial administrator.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Oro and the second or maternal family name is Pulido.
Colonel

Antonio de Oro
Birth nameAntonio de Oro Pulido
Born13 April 1904
Ciempozuelos, Spain
Died18 December 1940(1940-12-18) (aged 36)
Tetuán, Spanish Morocco
Allegiance Nationalist Spain
Service/branch Spanish Army
RankLieutenant colonel
Other workGovernment delegate in Spanish Sahara (1937–1940)

Biography

Oro came to the Spanish territories in Africa with the rank of captain, and eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1938, he founded the city of El Aaiún, which in 1940 became the capital of Spanish Sahara. He died on 28 December 1940 from sudden sepsis.[1]

There is a street named after him in Ciempozuelos (Calle Capitán Antonio de Oro).[2]

References
  1. Francisco López Barrios (23 January 2005). "El Lawrence de Arabia Español" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. "Calle Capitán Antonio de Oro (Callejero de Ciempozuelos)". Callejero.net. Retrieved 29 June 2021.


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