Hilarión Pérez Guerra y Miura (c. 1813 – 1871) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from January 1857 to 11 July 1863.Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y la Campana de la Almudaina. page 103. Prior to serving as mayor of Ponce, Pérez Guerra had served as mayor of Camuy for 1 year in 1850.Camuy Municipality: Mayors. Encyclopedia de Puerto Rico. 2017. Accessed 17 May 2018.

Biography Hilarión Pérez Guerra y Miura was the son of former Mayor of Ponce Tomás Pérez Guerra y Sánchez, a native of Santiago de los Caballeros, and María del Carmen Miura y Pepin, a native of Santo Domingo. Hilarión married Natividad Goicochea y Elfao (1826-1883). He died on May 15, 1871 in Ponce at the age of 58.

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A festivity, later known as Carnaval de Ponce, takes place in 1858. This is the earliest known recorded date of the event taking place in Ponce.Activan plan de seguridad para Carnaval. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2018.Activan plan de seguridad para Carnaval. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.Carnaval, Carnaval, Llego el Carnaval! El Señorial. Ponce Municipal Government. "Anuario: Carnaval Ponceño 2013." February–March 2013. Page 18. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

See also

List of Puerto Ricans List of mayors of Ponce, Puerto Rico

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