Hemeterio Colón Warens (sometimes erroneously spelled "Emeterio Colón Warrens" or "Emeterio Colón Warens"; 1839-1889) was a Puerto Rican educator and mayor of the municipality of Cayey, Puerto Rico.

Early years Hemeterio Colón Warens was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 26 July 1839, the son of Sebastián Colón and Marcelina Warens.Hombres Ilustres. Manual de Informacion sobre Cayey: La mejor ciudad de Las Americas. Government of Puerto Rico. p.9. Undated. Retrieved 26 February 2014.XIX_CIUDADES_PRINCIPALES.pdf El libro de Puerto Rico: Capitulo XIX: Ciudades Principales: Ponce: Breve Sipnosis Historica, by Juan Braschi. E. Fernandez Garcia, editor. Francis W. Hoadley & Eugenio Astol, co-editors. San Juan, Puerto Rico: El Libro Azul Publishing Company. 1923. Page 1063. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

Biography Colón Warens was a teacher in San Germán and Humacao.Cuadro de Humacaeños Ilustres. Puerto Rico Ilustrado. 23 December 1939. p.23. (Available at: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Humacao.) Retrieved 26 February 2014. While in Humacao, he founded the newspapers "La Abeja" and "La Juventud".Hombres Ilustres. Manual de Informacion sobre Cayey: La mejor ciudad de Las Americas. Government of Puerto Rico. p.9. Undated. Retrieved 26 February 2014. Colon Warens was a supporter of political autonomy for Puerto Rico, and he used his papers to gain sympathizers.La Guerra Hispanoamericana en Puerto Rico y sus antecendentes. Francisco M. Berroa Ubiera. Retrieved 26 February 2014. He moved to Cayey, where he opened a school and became Mayor there in 1873. He also opened a school in San Lorenzo.Hombres Ilustres. Manual de Informacion sobre Cayey: La mejor ciudad de Las Americas. Government of Puerto Rico. p.7. Undated. Retrieved 26 February 2014. Ten years later, in 1883, he founded the Colegio Central Ponceño (Ponce Central School) in Ponce.Hombres Ilustres. Manual de Informacion sobre Cayey: La mejor ciudad de Las Americas. Government of Puerto Rico. p.9. Undated. Retrieved 26 February 2014. Colegio Central Ponceño was founded together with Román Baldorioty de Castro and under the authorization of Governor Miguel de la Vega Inclán, and it was a second level school.Cronología de gobernadores del siglo XIX. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

Death, legacy and honors He died in Ponce on 20 September 1889.Hombres Ilustres. Manual de Informacion sobre Cayey: La mejor ciudad de Las Americas. Government of Puerto Rico. p.9. Undated. Retrieved 26 February 2014. He was 50 years old. The city of Ponce built a school in 1814 and named it after him.Celebran un siglo en la Hemeterio Colón. Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 32. Issue 1578. Page 24. Retrieved 26 February 2014. He is also honored at the Park for the Illustrious Ponce Citizens.Education. Travel Ponce. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

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List of Puerto Ricans