What is "rondon"

Rondon or Rondón is a surname of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to:

• Alexander Rondón (born 1977), Venezuelan football player
• Bruce Rondón (born 1990), Venezuelan baseball player
• Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), Brazilian military officer and Amazon explorer
• Cindy Rondón (born 1988), Dominican volleyball player
• Gilberto Rondón (born 1953), American baseball player
• Hector Rondon (born 1988), Venezuelan baseball player
• José Salomón Rondón (born 1989), Venezuelan football player
• Juan Rondón ( fl. 1843), Puerto Rican politician
• Mariana Rondón (born 1966), Venezuelan cinema director, screenwriter, producer and visual artist
• Mario Rondón (born 1986), Venezuelan football player
• Rafael Ángel Rondón Márquez (1898 - 1966), Venezuelan writer and historian
• Vicente Rondón (1938–1992), Venezuelan boxer
• Diosdado Cabello Rondon (born 1963), Venezuelan politician

• Marechal Cândido Rondon, municipality in the state of Paraná, Brazil
• Marechal Rondon International Airport, Cuiabá, Brazil
• Puerto Rondón, town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia
• Rondón, Boyacá, town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia
• Rondon do Pará, municipality in the state of Pará, Brazil

• Rondon's marmoset
• Rondon's Tuco-tuco

Cuisine

• Rondón, an Afro-Caribbean dish present in Latin American Cuisine, made of seafood, coconut milk and vegetables

Rondón is an Afro-Caribbean dish eaten in several Latin American countries that share a coast with the Caribbean Sea. It consists of a soup made up of different types of seafood (fish, crabs, small lobsters or shellfish), with coconut milk, plantain, vegetables, peppers and spices. It is a traditional dish in the Antilles, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Venezuela.