Cortes

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Cortes or Cortés can refer to:

[edit] People

• Cortés as a surname of Spanish origin.
• Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
• Hernán Cortés, 16th century Spanish conquistador
• Pablo Cortés, 18th century Spanish slave trader
• Edouard Leon Cortés, 20th century French Post-Impressionist Painter
• Robert F. Cortés, cuban-america born in 1963. US Army NCO

[edit] Institutions

• Cortes (disambiguation), for the judicial bodies of the Spanish-speaking Americas, and the communes in France and Italy
• Cortes Generales ("General Courts"), usually just las Cortes, national legislative assembly of Spain
• The term Cortes is also used for the subnational parliaments of several of Spain's autonomous communities and various bodies from Spanish history

[edit] Localities

• Cortes, Navarre, village in the South border of Navarre, Spain
• Cortes de Aragón, municipality in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
• Cortes, Bohol, municipality in the Philippines
• Cortes, Surigao del Sur, municipality in the Philippines
• Puerto Cortes, seaport in Honduras
• Cortés department, in Honduras
• Cortes Island, in Canada