title: Antonio de Oro
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  There is a street named after him in Ciempozuelos (Calle Capitán Antonio de Oro).
  
  