Alburquerque () is a town in the province of

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. It has 5,340 inhabitants, as of 2018. The town is close to the border with

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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 Duke of Alburquerque () is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1464 by Henry IV to Beltrán de la Cueva, his "royal favourite" and grand master of the Order of Santiago. It makes ref ...

'' (''de La Cueva'') were important in Castile in the

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(e.g.

Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque Sancho Alfonso of Castile (1342–1374), known in Spanish as ''Don Sancho Alfonso de Castilla'', was Infante of Castile, 1st Count of Alburquerque. He was born in Seville as the ninth of the ten illegitimate children of Alfonso XI of Castile and ...

). Its sister city of

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in the

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takes its name from this town.

History

Population

By 1530, the town had a population of 6,042, increasing up to 6,893 by the end of the century (1591) and to 7,600 in 1631. As of 2018, the town's population is 5,340.

Music

* Contempopránea Music Festival

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz {{Badajoz-geo-stub

History

Population

Music

See also

References