Parte del puente romano Alconétar, Caceres

The province of Cáceres ( ; es, provincia de Cáceres, ) is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

of western

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, and makes up the northern half of the

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Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...

. Its capital is the city of Cáceres. Other cities in the province include Plasencia, Coria,

Navalmoral de la Mata Navalmoral de la Mata is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Cáceres, autonomous community of Extremadura. Attached to the traditional ''comarca'' of Campo Arañuelo, the municipality lies on central-western Iberia, in between the ...

and Trujillo, the birthplace of

Francisco Pizarro González Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess of the Atabillos (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru. Born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, Pizarro chose ...

. , the province had 408,703 inhabitants, of whom a quarter lived in the capital. The Tagus river runs through the province.

Geography

The northern natural border of the province is formed by the east–west running Sierra de Gredos which is part of the

Sistema Central The Central System, Spanish and pt, Sistema Central, is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit. The Central System is located just north of the 40th parallel a ...

. The valleys North of Cáceres include the

Valle del Jerte Valle del Jerte is a comarca and mancomunidad in the province of Cáceres, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin) ...

, the gorges of la Vera, the Ambroz Valley, and Las Hurdes with mountain rivers and natural pools. The southern border consists of the

Montes de Toledo The Montes de Toledo are one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. They divide the drainage basin of the Tagus from the basin of the Guadiana. The highest peak is high La Villuerca. Description The Montes de Toledo ar ...

. The remainder of the province is a plain, through which the river

Tagus The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to e ...

and its tributaries run. The mountains are rich in wildlife, and in 1979 a nature park was created at

Monfragüe Monfragüe (Spanish: ''Parque Nacional Monfragüe'') is a Spanish national park noted for its bird-life. It is situated in the center of a triangle formed by Plasencia, Trujillo and the city of Cáceres within the province of Cáceres. Monfrag ...

Population

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) ImageSize = width:600 height:auto barincrement:30 PlotArea = left:40 bottom:40 top:20 right:20 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:600 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = late ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:50 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo PlotData= color:skyblue width:20 shift:(-50,-5) fontsize:M anchor:till bar:1877 from:0 till:298 text:297,969 bar:1887 from:0 till:332 text:332,412 bar:1900 from:0 till:355 text:355,313 bar:1910 from:0 till:396 text:396,100 bar:1920 from:0 till:413 text:413,162 bar:1930 from:0 till:449 text:448,781 bar:1940 from:0 till:505 text:505,162 bar:1950 from:0 till:548 text:548,256 bar:1960 from:0 till:557 text:556,759 bar:1970 from:0 till:468 text:467,687 bar:1980 from:0 till:421 text:421,449 bar:1990 from:0 till:411 text:411,464 bar:2000 from:0 till:404 text:403,621 bar:2010 from:0 till:413 text:412,701 bar:2020 from:0 till:392 text:391,850 TextData= pos:(35,20) fontsize:M text:"Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE"

Economy

The plain is fertile and irrigation is used to raise cereals, tobacco, tomatoes, peppers and cherries, as well as cattle and pigs as some of the most important agricultural products. The Gabriel y Galán dam one of 3 on the

Alagón River Alagón may refer to: *Alagón (river), a river in Spain, tributary of the Tagus *Alagón, Zaragoza Alagón is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality has a populati ...

produces most of the hydroelectric power for the province. The third largerst photovoltaic installation in Spain (after the 500 MW Núñez de Balboa solar plant and the 493 MW Mula project) at 300 MW is located in Talavan.

Administrative divisions

The province was formed in 1839, and is bordered by the provinces of

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Herit ...

Ávila Ávila (, , ) is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila. It lies on the right bank of the Adaja river. Located more than 1,130 m ab ...

, Toledo, and

Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The populati ...

in the south, and by

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...

in the west. The capital is the city of Cáceres, where about a quarter of the 408,703 people in the province lived. Other cities in the province include Plasencia, Coria,

Alcántara 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". History Archaeological findings have atteste ...

and Trujillo. It consists of 219 municipalities. Traditional

comarcas A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...

without administrative function in Cáceres Province are

Las Villuercas Las Villuercas is a ''comarca'' located in the province of Cáceres, western Spain. It belongs to the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. Despite the traditional strong identity of its inhabitants, this historical region has not been able to ac ...

, Las Hurdes and Monfragüe. Las Hurdes was one of the poorest regions in Spain's history.

Sports

The province's main

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

team is Cacereño, who currently play in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foo ...

Notes and references

External links

Cáceres Turismo
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