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Felipe de Neve, First Governor of California and Founder of the City of Los Ángeles

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In 1774 Felipe de Neve, a native of Bailén -a little Andalusian town in Spain- was named Governor of the Californias, the first person with the full title to be directly charged with the administration of the new northern area. Seven years later -September 4th, 1781- Felipe de Neve founded the city of El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, later known as simply Los Ángeles.

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