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{{Short description|Spanish conquistador}}
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[[File:Ñuflo de Chaves.jpg|thumb|Ñuflo de Chávez]]
[[File:Capitán Ñuflo de Chávez (Santa Cruz de la Sierra).jpg|thumb|Monument of Ñuflo de Chávez in Santa Cruz, España.]]
'''Ñuflo de Chaves''' or '''Ñuflo de Chávez''' (1518–1568)<ref>[https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=idn%3D13913221X Chaves, Ñuflo de]. dnb.de</ref> was a Spanish [[conquistador]]. He is best known for founding the city of [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] in (what is today) [[Bolivia]].<ref>Nino Gandarilla Guardia (February 2015). [http://www.icees.org.bo/2015/02/el-general-nuflo-de-chaves-y-la-fundacion-de-santa-cruz-de-la-sierra/ EL GENERAL ÑUFLO DE CHAVES Y LA FUNDACIÓN DE SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA]. icees.org.bo</ref>

==Early life==
Ñuflo de Chaves was born and grew up in the small [[Spain|Spanish]] village of ''[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Spain|Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] ("Holy Cross of the Mountains")'', some 12 km south of [[Trujillo, Spain|Trujillo]] in the [[Extremadura]] region in [[Spain]]. He had an elder brother [[:es:Diego de Chaves|Diego]].<ref name="Martín2006">{{cite book|author=Julián Aydillo San Martín|title=Pueblos y apellidos de España: Diccionario Etimológico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBVA_CwNT3UC&pg=PA101|date=26 April 2006|publisher=Editorial Club Universitario|isbn=978-84-8454-486-9|page=101}}</ref>

==Military==
Ñuflo de Chaves joined the military and went to South America as a conquistador.
In 1544 in [[Asunción]] (in today's [[Paraguay]]) he participated in the revolt against the Spanish governor [[Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca]]. He helped [[Domingo Martínez de Irala]]'s appointment as governor, and prepared an expedition to Charcas (currently [[Sucre]]). In 1557 he planned an expedition to conquer Jarayes lands, and reached today's [[Brazil]]ian federal state of [[Mato Grosso]], where he thought that he would find gold mines.

In 1561 he moved to the southern [[Amazon Basin]] with a group of settlers, where he founded the town of [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]], giving it the name of his hometown in Spain. Ñuflo de Chaves settled in his new town with his family, being the first [[European ethnic groups|European]] to introduce [[goat]]s and [[sheep]] to the region. He was killed there in a conflict with the [[Itatin]]es natives in 1568. A few years later the settlement was moved to a new position 220 km further to the west because of the continuing conflicts with the natives.

==Legacy==
Today the Province of [[Ñuflo de Chávez Province|Ñuflo de Chávez]] in the [[Bolivia]]n [[Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)|Department of Santa Cruz]] is named in his honor. He is featured on 1961 Spanish<ref>[http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/180816-%C3%91uflo_de_Chaves-Discovery_of_America-Spain Ñuflo de Chaves]. colnect.com</ref> and 1970 Bolivian postal stamps.<ref>[https://www.123rf.com/photo_38953799_bolivia--circa-1970-a-stamp-printed-in-bolivia-shows-spanish-conquistador-nuflo-de-chaves-circa-1970.html BOLIVIA – CIRCA 1970: A stamp printed in Bolivia shows Spanish conquistador Nuflo de Chaves, circa 1970]. 123rf.com</ref>

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