Badajoz

Badajoz
Badajoz
City
	Top:Placa Alta (Alta Square), Second left:Ayuntaniento de Badajoz (Badajoz City Council), Second right:Porta de Palmas, Third left:Alcazaba de Badajoz, Third right:Torre de Espantaperros (Espantaperros Tower), Bottom:A twilight view of Guadiane River and Badajoz Real Bridge
	Flag Coat of arms
	Badajoz Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 38°52′44″N 6°58′1″W / 38.87889°N 6.96694°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Extremadura
Province	Badajoz
Comarca	Tierra de Badajoz
Founded	875
Founded by	Ibn Marwan
Government
• Mayor	Francisco Javier Fragoso (PP)
Area
• Total	1,470 km2 (570 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	185 m (607 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	152,270
• Rank	302
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Postal code	70862
Area code	+34 (Spain) + 924 (Badajoz)
Website	www.aytobadajoz.es

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Badajoz (Extremaduran: Baajós) is the capital of the Badajoz Province in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. The population in 2011 was 151,565.

A major Napoleonic siege was fought here between Britain and France

Town twinning

Elvas, Portugal^[1]
Santarém, Portugal^[1]
Nazaré, Portugal^[1]
Blumenau, Brazil^[1]
Granada, Nicaragua^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "Cinco ciudades hermanas" (in Spanish). Hoy.es. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

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[Badajoz_Sister_Cities-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 "Cinco ciudades hermanas" (in Spanish). Hoy.es. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

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