Alburquerque
municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Extremadura
- Province
- Badajoz
- Mayor
- Manuel Luis Gutiérrez Regalado (IPAL)
- Total
- 723 km (279 sq mi)
- Elevation amsl
- 506 m (1,660 ft)
- Density
- 6.82/km (17.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
- Postal code
- 06510
- Area code
- +34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz)
- Website
- www .alburquerque .es
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Alburquerque ( Spanish: [alβuɾˈkeɾke] ) is a town in the province of Badajoz in Spain. It has 5,340 inhabitants, as of 2018. The town is close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominion of the kings of that country.
The titles of Lord of Alburquerque (de Meneses) and later Count of Alburquerque (de Castilla) and Duke of Alburquerque (de La Cueva) were important in Castile in the Middle Ages (e.g. Sancho of Castile, Count of Alburquerque).
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