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Hernando Arias de Saavedra[ArnAn´dO A´ryAs dA sAvA´drA] Pronunciation Key, known as Hernandarias[ArnAndA´ryAs] Pronunciation Key, 1561–1634, Spanish colonial governor, b. AsunciOn, in present-day Paraguay. An able administrator, he was elected (1592) lieutenant governor of AsunciOn by the cabildo and was chosen governor of RIo de la Plata prov. three times (1597–99, 1602–9, 1614–18). He consolidated the Spanish settlements, pacified the Native Americans, introduced public schools, and stimulated the growth of Buenos Aires. In 1617 he secured a royal order for the separation of Paraguay (then GuairA) from RIo de la Plata, and granted the Jesuits territorial privileges for the religious colonization of the region.
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