Who founded the settlement that would become Guadalajara?
Cristóbal de Oñate
Hernán Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
Diego Velázquez
Answer
Cristóbal de Oñate, a Basque conquistador, founded the settlement that would eventually become Guadalajara in 1532. The settlement was renamed and relocated several times before finally settling in its current location in the Atemajac Valley.
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