Alcántara

Also known as Alcantara

thumb|235px|The Alcántara Bridge.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Alcántara is referenced by 315 other articles, and connects out to France, Spain and Portugal.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Municipalities in the Province of Cáceres and Structurae ID not in Wikidata.

Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Alcántara
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Alcántara City01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Convent of San Benito de Alcántara (16th century).
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Alcántara.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Cáceres
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tierra de Alcántara
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Luis Mario Muñoz Nieto
Settlement.area_total_km2: 552
Settlement.elevation_m: 291
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Official name: Alcántara
Demonym: Alcantareños
Country: Spain
Located in: Cáceres Province
Continent: Europe
Population: 1329
Area: 552
Elevation: 291
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Tagus River
Shares border with: Idanha-a-Nova
Official website: www.alcantara.es
Image: Bridge Alcantara.JPG
Licence plate code: CC

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twinned administrative body: Igualada
Commons category: Alcántara
postal code: 10980
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
topic's main category: Category:Alcántara
Commons gallery: Alcántara
male population: 736
female population: 732
P8168: Gallup

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Encyclopedic overview

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thumb|235px|The Alcántara Bridge.

Alcántara () is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from the Arabic word al-Qanṭarah (القنطرة) meaning "the bridge".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alcántara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.